Somali elephant shrew

Somali elephant shrew[1]
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: E. revoili
Binomial name
Elephantulus revoili
(Huet, 1881)
Somali elephant shrew range

The Somali elephant shrew or Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoili) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is endemic to Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Schlitter, D. A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 FitzGibbon, C., Perrin, M., Stuart, C. (2008). Elephantulus revoili. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 December 2008.