Elephantulus
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| Elephantulus[1] | |
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| Elephantulus, with Common Flat Lizard behind | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann, 1906 |
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Elephantulus is a genus of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It contains the following species:
- Short-snouted Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus)
- Cape Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus edwardii)
- Dusky-footed Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus fuscipes)
- Dusky Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus fuscus)
- Bushveld Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus intufi)
- Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus myurus)
- Karoo Rock Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus pilicaudus)
- Somali Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus revoili)
- North African Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus rozeti)
- Rufous Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus rufescens)
- Western Rock Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus rupestris)
[edit] References
- ^ Schlitter, Duane A. (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 82-83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- Smit, H.A., Robinson, T.J., Watson, J. & Jansen van Vuunen, B. (2008). A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89 (5): 1257–1268.
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