Round-eared Elephant Shrew

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Round-eared Elephant Shrew[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Macroscelides
A. Smith, 1829
Species: M. proboscideus
Binomial name
Macroscelides proboscideus
(Shaw, 1800)

The Round-eared Elephant Shrew, Round-eared Sengi or Short-eared Elephant Shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and hot deserts.[2]

[edit] References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
  1. ^ Schlitter, Duane A. (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 83. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Stuart, C., Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C., Griffin, M. & Smit, H. (2006). Macroscelides proboscideus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
 This article about a mammal is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.