Elephantulus brachyrhynchus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Macroscelidea
Familia: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species Elephantulus brachyrhynchus

Name

Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith, 1834)

References

* Elephantulus brachyrhynchus on Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* IUCN link: Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith, 1834) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names
English: Short-snouted Elephant Shrew, Short-snouted Sengi

The Short-snouted Elephant Shrew or Short-snouted Sengi (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus) is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.[2]

References

^ Schlitter, Duane A. (16 November 2005). "Order Macroscelidea (pp. 82-85)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 82. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ a b Stuart, C., Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C., Griffin, M. & Smit, H. (2008). Elephantulus brachyrhynchus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.