Four-toed Elephant Shrew

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name = Four-toed Elephant ShrewMSW3 Schlitter | pages = 82-83]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = FitzGibbon, C., Perrin, M., Stuart, C. & Smit, H. | year = 2006 | id = 42679 | title = Petrodromus tetradactylus | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Macroscelidea
familia = Macroscelididae
genus = "Petrodromus"
genus_authority = Peters, 1846
species = "P. tetradactylus"
binomial = "Petrodromus tetradactylus"
binomial_authority = Peters, 1846
synonyms =

The Four-toed Elephant Shrew or Four-toed Sengi ("Petrodromus tetradactylus") is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and moist savanna.

It is the only species in the genus "Petrodromus".

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