Macroscelides

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Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Macroscelididae		Phylum Chordata Order Macroscelidea

Genus MacroscelidesA. 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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