- Elephantulus
Taxobox
name = "Elephantulus"MSW3 Schlitter | pages = 82-83]
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Macroscelidea
familia =Macroscelididae
genus = "Elephantulus"
genus_authority = Thomas and Schwann, 1906
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text"Elephantulus" is a genus of
elephant shrew in theMacroscelididae 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")
*Somali Elephant Shrew ("Elephantulus revoili")
*North African Elephant Shrew ("Elephantulus rozeti")
*Rufous Elephant Shrew ("Elephantulus rufescens")
*Western Rock Elephant Shrew ("Elephantulus rupestris")References
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