Rufous Elephant Shrew

Rufous Elephant Shrew

Taxobox
name = Rufous Elephant ShrewMSW3 Schlitter | pages = 83]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = FitzGibbon, C., Perrin, M. & Stuart, C. | year = 2006 | id = 42664 | title = Elephantulus rufescens | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Macroscelidea
familia = Macroscelididae
genus = "Elephantulus"
species = "E. rufescens"
binomial = "Elephantulus rufescens"
binomial_authority = (Peters, 1878)
synonyms =

The Rufous Elephant-shrew or Rufous Sengi ("Elephantulus rufescens") is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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