Western Rock Elephant Shrew
- Western Rock Elephant Shrew
Taxobox
name = Western Rock Elephant Shrew[MSW3 Schlitter | pages = 83] ]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006 | assessors = Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C., Stuart, C., Griffin, M. & Smit, H. | year = 2006 | id = 7138 | title = Elephantulus rupestris | downloaded = 2007-07-29] ]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Macroscelidea
familia = Macroscelididae
genus = "Elephantulus"
species = "E. rupestris"
binomial = "Elephantulus rupestris"
binomial_authority = (A. Smith, 1831)
synonyms =
The Western Rock Elephant Shrew or Western Rock Sengi ("Elephantulus rupestris") is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Namibia, South Africa, possibly Angola, and possibly Botswana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.References
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