Karoo rock elephant shrew

Karoo rock elephant shrew
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Macroscelidea
Order:	Mammalia
Family:	Macroscelididae
Genus:	Elephantulus
Species:	E. pilicaudus
Binomial name
*Elephantulus pilicaudus* Smit, 2008^[2]

Karoo Rock Elephant Shrew range

The Karoo rock elephant shrew or Karoo rock sengi (Elephantulus pilicaudus) is a type of shrew in the genus Elephantulus. Its known habitat is in South Africa (Northern Cape Province, Western Cape Province).

Sources

↑ Smit, H. & Rathbun, G. (2008). "Elephantulus pilicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
↑ Smit, H. A.; Robinson, T. J.; Watson, J.; Van Vuuren, B. Jansen (2008). "A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa". Journal of Mammalogy 89 (5): 1257. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-254.1.

Extant Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) species

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Infraclass Eutheria Superorder Afrotheria

Elephantulus	Short-snouted Elephant Shrew (E. brachyrhynchus) Cape Elephant Shrew (E. edwardii) Dusky-footed Elephant Shrew (E. fuscipes) Dusky Elephant Shrew (E. fuscus) Bushveld Elephant Shrew (E. intufi) Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew (E. myurus) Karoo Rock Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus pilicaudus) Somali Elephant Shrew (E. revoili) North African Elephant Shrew (E. rozeti) Rufous Elephant Shrew (E. rufescens) Western Rock Elephant Shrew (E. rupestris)

Macroscelides	Etendaka round-eared sengi (M. micus) Short-eared Elephant Shrew (M. proboscideus) Namib round-eared elephant shrew (M. flavicaudatus)

Petrodromus	Four-toed Elephant Shrew (P. tetradactylus)

Rhynchocyon	Golden-rumped elephant shrew (R. chrysopygus) Checkered Elephant Shrew (R. cirnei) Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew (R. petersi) Grey-faced Sengi (R. udzungwensis)

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