Macroscelides proboscideus

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Karoo Round-eared Sengi

Oblique view, standing. Identified by Galen Rathbun. Also as Karoo Round-eared Elephant-shrew|Round-eared Sengi|Round-eared Elephant-shrew|Short-eared Sengi|Short-eared Elephant-shrew.
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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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Shaw, G.K. 1800. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol. I. Part 2. Mammalia. G. Kearsley, London, 249–552 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632680

Original name as described

Sorex proboscideus

Other common names

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

Type locality

"Cape of Good Hope" (= Roodewal), Oudthoorn Division, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia · South Africa · Botswana

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. flavicaudatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Dumbacher, J.P., Rathbun, G.B., Smit, H.A. and 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032410

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000457

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.

Total: 27 names and synonyms.

Sorex proboscideus

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

proboscideus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

536

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632680

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Illiger (1815:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Sorex rostratus

(Treviranus, 1803)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

rostratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028209

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

  1. Treviranus (1803:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  2. Goldfuss (1809:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Macroscelides typus

A. Smith, 1829

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1841.795

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0224f504-baaf-4128-bd66-c033106f7dee https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95c81e53-12f1-4ee6-848f-9888a4470019

Authority page

436

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310845

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

  1. Smuts (1832:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60235)
  2. Lesson (1842:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Chenu (1852:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14470755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69491)
  4. Trouessart (1880:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
  5. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Macroscelides typicus

A. Smith, 1831

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15969309

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

  1. Smith (1831:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15969309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67803)
  2. Smith (1839:pl. 10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67641)
  3. Giebel (1855:909, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  4. Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Roberts (1937:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)
  6. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Rhinomys jaculus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1831)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

jaculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 38 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374139

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Macrocelides typus

Duvernoy, 1833

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33963670

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Duvernoy (1833:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33963670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67713)
  2. Rozet (1833:244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67814)
  3. Lesson (1836:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Macroscelis Jaculus

de Blainville, 1838

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

jaculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

741

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514350

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Blainville (1838:741, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68639)

Macroscelis typus

de Blainville, 1838

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

741

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514350

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Blainville (1838:741, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68639)

Macroscelides melanotis

W. Ogilby, 1838

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

melanotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1838.2.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9407ae7-8c38-49d6-af73-33c0853c7f68 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dd2f39e6-10e5-4abc-9362-ad2b4f52f73e

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571062

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Trouessart (1904:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Thomas & Schwann (1906:577, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27129)
  4. Roberts (1913:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  5. Allen (1939:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  6. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Macroscelides Jaculus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

jaculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

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