Macroscelides

Macroscelides
Macroscelides proboscideus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Macroscelidea
Family:	Macroscelididae
Genus:	Macroscelides A. Smith, 1829
Type species
Macroscelides typus [1] A. Smith, 1829 (= Sorex proboscideus Shaw, 1800)
Species
Macroscelides flavicaudatus Macroscelides micus Macroscelides proboscideus

Macroscelides is a genus of small shrew-like animals, the round-eared sengis (also called elephant shrews), found in western Namibia and in South Africa; they are members of the clade Afrotheria.

There are three known species:[2]

• Namib round-eared sengi, Macroscelides flavicaudatus
• Etendaka round-eared sengi, Macroscelides micus, which is only found in gravel plains in the Etendaka formation of north-west Namibia[3]
• Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus

References

1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. "Gallery of sengis". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
3. Dumbacher, J. P.; Rathbun, G. B.; Osborne, T. O.; Griffin, M.; Eiseb, S. J. (June 2014). "A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia". Journal of Mammalogy. 95 (3): 443–454. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159.