Elephantulus pilicaudus

H. A. Smit in H. A. Smit, T. J. Robinson, Watson, & Jansen van Vuuren, 2008

Karoo Rock 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

Authority citation

Smit, H.A., Robinson, T.J., Watson, J. and Jansen van Vuuren, B. 2008-10. A new species of elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89(5):1257-1269.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-254.1

Original name as described

Elephantulus pilicaudus

Other common names

Karoo Rock Elephant-shrew

Type material

MMK/M/7305

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Vondelingsfontein Farm, Calvinia, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (31°48'S, 19°49'E; 1,449 m above sea level)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Smit, H. A., Robinson, T. J., Watson, J., & van Vuuren, B. J. (2008). A new species of elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 89(5), 1257-1269.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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