Karoo rock elephant shrew

The Karoo rock elephant shrew or Karoo rock sengi (Elephantulus pilicaudus) is an elephant shrew in the genus Elephantulus. It is found in Northern Cape Province and Western Cape Province in South Africa.

Karoo rock elephant shrew
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species:
E. pilicaudus
Binomial name
Elephantulus pilicaudus
Smit, 2008[2]
Karoo Rock Elephant Shrew range

References

  1. Smit-Robinson, H.; Rathbun, G. (2015). "Elephantulus pilicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T165924A21291059. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T165924A21291059.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Smit, H. A.; Robinson, T. J.; Watson, J.; Van Vuuren, B. Jansen (2008). "A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (5): 1257. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-254.1.


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