Elephantulus rupestris
(A. Smith, 1831)
Western 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
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1831, 11
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861419Original name as described
Macroscelides rupestris
Other common names
Western Rock Elephant-shrew · Smith's Rock Sengi · Smith's Rock Elephant-shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1904.2.3.7
Type kind
neotype
Type locality
mountains near the mouth of the Orange River. Restricted by G. C. Shortridge in 1934 to Little Namaqualand, South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Namibia · South Africa
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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