Elephantulus fuscus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Dusky Sengi

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Macroscelidea
Family : Macroscelididae
Subfamily : Macroscelidinae
Tribe : Elephantulini
Genus : Elephantulus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Eine Mittheilung über zwei neue Insectivoren aus Mossambique. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:467-468.

Original name as described

Macroscelides fuscus

Other common names

Dusky Elephant-shrew · Peters's Short-snouted Sengi · Peters's Short-snouted Elephant-shrew · Zambezi Sengi · Zambezi Elephant-shrew

Type locality

Boror, near Quelimane, Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Malawi · Mozambique · Zambia?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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