Cape Elephant Shrew

Cape Elephant Shrew

Taxobox
name = Cape 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 = 7136 | title = Elephantulus edwardii | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Macroscelidea
familia = Macroscelididae
genus = "Elephantulus"
species = "E. edwardii"
binomial = "Elephantulus edwardii"
binomial_authority = (A. Smith, 1839)
synonyms =

The Cape Elephant Shrew, Cape Rock Elephant Shrew, or Cape Sengi ("Elephantulus edwardii") is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

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