Elephant shrews, also called jumping shrews or sengis, are small insectivorous mammals native to Africa, belonging to the family Macroscelididae, in the...
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The four-toed elephant shrew or four-toed sengi (Petrodromus tetradactylus) is the only living species in the genus Petrodromus, which together with five...
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The rufous elephant shrew, rufous sengi or East African long-eared elephant-shrew (Galegeeska rufescens) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae...
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The Somali elephant shrew or Somali sengi (Galegeeska revoilii) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. Its natural habitat is arid...
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The North African elephant shrew (Petrosaltator rozeti) or North African sengi is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found...
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The Cape elephant shrew (Elephantulus edwardii), also known as the Cape rock elephant-shrew or Cape rock sengi, is a species of elephant shrew in the family...
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Golden-rumped sengi (redirect from Yellow-rumped Elephant-shrew)
chrysopygus) is a small African mammal. It is the largest species of the elephant shrew family along with its close relative the grey-faced sengi. It is classified...
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The bushveld elephant shrew or bushveld sengi (Elephantulus intufi) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Angola...
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Macroscelides proboscideus (redirect from Round-eared Elephant Shrew)
The round-eared elephant shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus) or round-eared sengi (called the Karoo round-eared elephant shrew to distinguish it from its...
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The western rock elephant shrew or western rock sengi (Elephantulus rupestris) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found...
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Black and rufous sengi (redirect from Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew)
petersi), the black and rufous elephant shrew, or the Zanj elephant shrew is one of the 17 species of elephant shrew found only in Africa. It is native...
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The short-snouted elephant shrew or short-snouted sengi (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It...
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not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different families or orders...
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African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also known as sengis), otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and several extinct...
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Grey-faced sengi (redirect from Grey-faced elephant shrew)
The grey-faced sengi (Rhynchocyon udzungwensis) is a species of elephant shrew that is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains of south-central Tanzania. The...
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The eastern rock elephant shrew or eastern rock sengi (Elephantulus myurus) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found...
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Elephantulus (category Elephant shrews)
Dusky-footed elephant shrew (E. fuscipes) Dusky elephant shrew (E. fuscus) Bushveld elephant shrew (E. intufi) Eastern rock elephant shrew (E. myurus)...
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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...
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Largest Elephant Shrew Discovered in Africa Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine. News.nationalgeographic.com (2010-10-28) Grey-faced elephant-shrew videos...
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Chequered sengi (redirect from Checkered Elephant Shrew)
chequered sengi (also known as checkered sengi or checkered elephant shrew) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. The scientific name is...
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The dusky elephant shrew or dusky sengi (Elephantulus fuscus) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique...
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present in tarsiers. Beyond primates, it is known only in bats, the elephant shrew, and the spiny mouse species Acomys cahirinus. Overt menstruation (where...
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List of macroscelids (redirect from List of elephant shrews)
of small mammals. Members of this order are called macroscelids, or elephant shrews. They are exclusively found in Africa, in a variety of biomes from...
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The dusky-footed elephant shrew or dusky-footed sengi (Elephantulus fuscipes) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found...
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animals are defined on some African tourism promotion sites as the: Elephant Shrew: This tiny insect eating mammal gets its name from its elongated red...
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Galegeeska (category Elephant shrews)
Galegeeska is a genus of elephant shrew (or sengi) in the family Macroscelididae. Members in this genus were formerly classified in the genus Elephantulus...
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true shrews. Family: Macroscelididae (elephant-shrews) Genus: Elephantulus Short-snouted elephant shrew, Elephantulus brachyrhynchus LC Rufous elephant shrew...
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Rhynchocyon (category Elephant shrews)
Rhynchocyon is a genus of elephant shrew (or sengi) in the family Macroscelididae. Members of this genus are known colloquially as giant sengis. They are...
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Four-toed elephant shrew, P. tetradactylus LC Genus: Rhynchocyon Golden-rumped elephant shrew, R. chrysopygus EN Black and rufous elephant shrew, Rhynchocyon...
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Macroscelides flavicaudatus (redirect from Namib round-eared elephant shrew)
name: Namib round-eared sengi or Namib round-eared elephant shrew) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae found in the central Namib...
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