Somali elephant shrew
| Somali elephant shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus |
| Species: | E. revoili
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| Binomial name | |
| Elephantulus revoili (Huet, 1881)
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| Somali elephant shrew range | |
The Somali elephant shrew or Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoili) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is endemic to Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.[2] The Somali sengi is among the 25 “most wanted lost” species that are the focus of Global Wildlife Conservation's “Search for Lost Species” initiative.[3]
References
- ^ Schlitter, D.A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b FitzGibbon, C.; Perrin, M.; Stuart, C. (2008). "Elephantulus revoili". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "The Search for Lost Species". Global Wildlife Conservation.
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