Macroscelides flavicaudatus

Lundholm, 1955

Namib Round-eared Sengi

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Lundholm, B.G. 1955. Descriptions of new mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 22(3):279-303.

Authority publication link

https://journals.co.za/content/nfi_annalstm/22/3/AJA00411752_408

Original name as described

Macroscelides proboscideus flavicaudatus

Other common names

Namib Round-eared Elephant-shrew · Round-eared Sengi · Round-eared Elephant-shrew · Short-eared Sengi · Short-eared Elephant-shrew

Type material

TM 10499

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"6 miles [= 9.6 km] from the mouth of the Omaruru River," Swakopmund District, Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia

Taxonomy notes

split from probscideus

Taxonomy notes citation

Dumbacher, J. P., Rathbun, G. B., Smit, H. A., & Eiseb, S. J. (2012). Phylogeny and taxonomy of the round-eared sengis or elephant-shrews, genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea). PLoS One, 7(3), e32410.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000455

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 proboscideus flavicaudatus

Lundholm, 1955

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

flavicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10499

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

285

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Macroscelides flavicaudatus

Dumbacher, G. B. Rathbun, H. A. Smit, & Eiseb, 2012

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

flavicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

PLoS ONE

Name usages

  1. Dumbacher, Rathbun, Smit & Eiseb (2012:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7938)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45369877/45435876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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