Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew
- Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew
Taxobox
name = Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew[MSW3 Schlitter | pages = 83] ]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006 | assessors = Stuart, C., FitzGibbon, C., Perrin, M. & Smit, H. | year = 2006 | id = 42662 | title = Elephantulus myurus | downloaded = 2007-07-29] ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Macroscelidea
familia = Macroscelididae
genus = "Elephantulus"
species = "E. myurus"
binomial = "Elephantulus myurus"
binomial_authority = Thomas & Schwann, 1906
synonyms =
The Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew or Eastern Rock Sengi ("Elephantulus myurus") is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and rocky areas.References
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