Elephantulus intufi

(A. Smith, 1836)

Bushveld 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

Smith, A. 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope, June 23, 1834, under the Superintendence of Dr. A. Smith. Government Gazette Office, Cape Town, 68 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=lcMNAAAAQAAJ

Original name as described

Macroscelides Intufi

Other common names

Bushveld Elephant-shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1859.5.7.13 (= BMNH:Mamm:1314a) (= BMNH:Mamm:1841.799)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed3a2a61-2363-42aa-b409-0be1af77e46f

Type locality

"Flats beyond Kurrichane," Marico District, North West Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000449

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Macroscelides Intufi

(A. Smith, 1836)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

intufi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1859.5.7.13 (= BMNH:Mamm:1314a) (= BMNH:Mamm:1841.799)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed3a2a61-2363-42aa-b409-0be1af77e46f

Authority page

42

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

  1. Smith (1839:pl. 12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67641)
  2. Peters (1852:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  3. Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Trouessart (1880:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
  5. Bocage (1882:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16211310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68546)
  6. Bocage (1889:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)

Macroscelides Alexandri

(W. Ogilby, 1838)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

alexandri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1838.2.8.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c643ecd8-ea6a-4aaa-b5e4-5794935ef875

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571062

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Noack (1887:264, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  3. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Macroscelides brachyrynchus var. schinzi

(Noack, 1889)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

schinzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9980711

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Elephantulus intufi

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

intufi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Thomas (1929:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
  3. Shortridge (1934:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  4. Hill & Carter (1941:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  5. Roberts (1946:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  6. Lundholm (1955:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  7. Lehmann (1955:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44683621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9178)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1991:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  11. Schlitter (1993:829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69030)
  12. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42661/21289808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Elephantulus intufi kalaharicus

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

kalaharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6378

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Elephantulus intufi alexandri

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

alexandri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Hill & Carter (1941:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Elephantulus intufi intufi

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

intufi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Nasilio brahcyrhyncha schinzi

(Shortridge, 1934)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

schinzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Elephantulus intufi mossamedensis

J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1937

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

mossamedensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-85654

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-85654

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Hill & Carter (1941:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Elephantulus intufi campbelli

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

campbelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8269

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

234

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Elephantulus namibensis

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

namibensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8267

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

233

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Nasilio brachyrhyncha schinzi

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

schinzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hill & Carter (1941:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Elephantulus intufi mchughi

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

mchughi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 9438

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

309

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1946:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Elephantulus intufi omahekensis

E. von Lehmann, 1955

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

omahekensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1955.74

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44683621

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Lehmann (1955:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44683621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9178)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Elephantulus intufi canescens

Lundholm, 1955

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10503

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

283

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Lundholm (1955:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

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