Macroscelides
Genus of mammals
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Macroscelides is a genus of small shrew-like animals, the round-eared elephant shrews, found in western Namibia and in South Africa; they are members of the clade Afrotheria.
| Macroscelides | |
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| Macroscelides proboscideus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Macroscelides A. Smith, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Macroscelides typus [1] A. Smith, 1829 (= Sorex proboscideus Shaw, 1800) | |
| Species | |
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Macroscelides flavicaudatus | |
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There are three known species:[2]
- Namib round-eared sengi, Macroscelides flavicaudatus
- Etendaka round-eared sengi, Macroscelides micus, which is only found in gravel plains in the Etendaka formation of north-west Namibia[3]
- Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus
