Macroscelides micus

Dumbacher & G. B. Rathbun in Dumbacher, G. B. Rathbun, Osborne, Griffin, & Eiseb, 2014

Etendeka 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

Dumbacher, J.P., Rathbun, G.B., Osborne, T.O., Griffin, M. and Eiseb, S.J. 2014-06-26. A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia. Journal of Mammalogy 95(3):443-454.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159

Original name as described

Macroscelides micus

Other common names

Etendeka Round-eared Elephant-shrew

Type material

CAS:MAM:29679

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/MamColl/index.asp?xAction=getrec&close=true&CollectionObjectID=283698

Type locality

"20.7281°S, 14.1305°E at about 720 m above sea level … about 10 km south by southwest (200°) of the Mikberg formation, Kunene District, [NW] Namibia."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Dumbacher, J. P., Rathbun, G. B., Osborne, T. O., Griffin, M., & Eiseb, S. J. (2014). A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia. Journal of Mammalogy, 95(3), 443-454.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000456

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 micus

Dumbacher & G. B. Rathbun in Dumbacher, G. B. Rathbun, Osborne, Griffin, & Eiseb, 2014

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

micus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CAS:MAM:29679

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/MamColl/index.asp?xAction=getrec&close=true&CollectionObjectID=283698

Authority page

446

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45434566/45436004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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