Short-snouted Elephant Shrew

Short-snouted Elephant Shrew

Taxobox
name = Short-snouted Elephant ShrewMSW3 Schlitter | pages = 82]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Stuart, C., Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C., Griffin, M. & Smit, H. | year = 2006 | id = 42658 | title = Elephantulus brachyrhynchus | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Macroscelidea
familia = Macroscelididae
genus = "Elephantulus"
species = "E. brachyrhynchus"
binomial = "Elephantulus brachyrhynchus"
binomial_authority = (A. Smith, 1836)
synonyms =

The Short-snouted Elephant Shrew or Short-snouted Sengi ("Elephantulus brachyrhynchus") is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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