Macroscelides proboscideus

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Karoo 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
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., & 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/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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

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. Roberts (1913:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

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. Lesson (1842:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Macroscelides typicus

A. Smith, 1839

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

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 publication

London

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1937:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Macroscelides typicus isabellinus

Shortridge & T. D. Carter, 1938

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

isabellinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891084

Authority publication

Annals of the South African Museum

Name usages

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

Macroscelides proboscideus hewitti

A. Roberts, 1929

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

hewitti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2358

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

86

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Macroscelides proboscideus langi

A. Roberts, 1933

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

langi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 5128

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

265

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Macroscelides proboscideus chiversi

A. Roberts, 1933

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

chiversi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6924

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

265

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Macrosceldes typicus ausensis

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

ausensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8255

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Macroscelides typicus harei

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

harei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8256

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Macroscelides typicus brandvleiensis

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

brandvleiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8258

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Macroscelides typicus calviniensis

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

calviniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8262

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

232

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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)

Macroscelides proboscideus

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

proboscideus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Dumbacher, Rathbun, Smit & Eiseb (2012:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7938)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45369602/45435551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Macroscelides proboscideus proboscideus

Schlitter, 2005

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

proboscideus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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

Sorex rostratus

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

rostratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498039

Authority publication

Erlangen

Rhinomys jaculus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1831)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

jaculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 38 (unnumbered associated page)

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

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