| 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 |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Elephantulus is a genus of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It contains the following species:
- Short-snouted elephant shrew (E. brachyrhynchus)
- Cape elephant shrew (E.edwardii)
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew (E. fuscipes)
- Dusky elephant shrew (E. fuscus)
- Bushveld elephant shrew (E. intufi)
- Eastern rock elephant shrew (E. myurus)
- Karoo rock elephant shrew (E. pilicaudus)
- Rufous elephant shrew (E. rufescens)
- Western rock elephant shrew (E. rupestris)
References
- ^ Schlitter, D.A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Smit, H.A., Robinson, T.J., Watson, J. & Jansen van Vuunen, B. (2008). A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89 (5): 1257–1268.