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

Original 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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