Western Rock Elephant Shrew

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Western Rock Elephant Shrew[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: E. rupestris
Binomial name
Elephantulus rupestris
(A. Smith, 1831)

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.[2]

[edit] References

  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 Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C., Stuart, C., Griffin, M. & Smit, H. (2006). Elephantulus rupestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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