Elephantulus
Genus of mammals
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Elephantulus is a genus of sengi, or elephant shrew, in the family Macroscelididae.[2]
| Elephantulus[1] | |
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| Elephantulus, with a common flat lizard behind | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann, 1906 |
| Type species | |
| Macroscelides rupestris A. Smith, 1831 | |
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It contains the following species:
- Short-snouted sengi (E. brachyrhynchus)
- Cape sengi (E. edwardii)
- Dusky-footed sengi (E. fuscipes)
- Dusky sengi (E. fuscus)
- Bushveld sengi (E. intufi)
- Eastern rock sengi (E. myurus)
- Karoo rock sengi (E. pilicaudus)
- Western rock sengi (E. rupestris)
