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Macroscelides

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Macroscelididae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Macroscelidea

Macroscelides

Genus
  
Macroscelides A. Smith, 1829

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:

  • 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
  • Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus

    • References

    Macroscelides Wikipedia
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