North African Elephant Shrew

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North African Elephant Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: E. rozeti
Binomial name
Elephantulus rozeti
(Duvernoy, 1833)

The North African Elephant Shrew or North African Sengi (Elephantulus rozeti) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and hot deserts.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Schlitter, Duane A. (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 83. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C. & Stuart, C. (2006). Elephantulus rozeti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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