Rufous Elephant Shrew
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| Rufous Elephant Shrew[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus |
| Species: | E. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Elephantulus rufescens (Peters, 1878) |
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| Rufous Elephant Shrew range | |
The Rufous Elephant-shrew or Rufous Sengi (Elephantulus rufescens) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.[2] The name "Rufous Sengi"means "pygmy elephant, become red" in Latin.
[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. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ a b FitzGibbon, C., Perrin, M. & Stuart, C. (2008). Elephantulus rufescens. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
[edit] External links
- BBC Wildlife Finder - with video clip (UK-only) from Life
- Elephantulus rufescens at the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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