North African elephant shrew
| North African elephant shrew[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus |
| Species: | E. rozeti |
| Binomial name | |
| Elephantulus rozeti (Duvernoy, 1833) | |
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| North African elephant shrew range | |
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Macroscelides rozeti Duvernoy, 1833 | |
The North African elephant shrew or North African sengi (Elephantulus rozeti) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, and is the only extant afrotherian within its range. Recent phylogenetic analyses suggest that its status as the only extant member of its order north of the Sahara has resulted in a genetic split from the other Macroscelididae species. This split likely occurred during the Miocene period.[4] Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and deserts.[2] The North African sengi typically gives birth to litters of 1 to 4 young twice a year.[5] The adult specimen has 42 teeth, with a dental formula of 3142/3143.[6]
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- ↑ Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Macroscelidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- 1 2 Perrin, M., FitzGibbon, C., Stuart, C., Hutterer, R. & Cuzin, F. (2008). "Elephantulus rozeti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ↑ Corbet, G.B.; Hanks, J. (1968). "A revision of the elephant-shrews, family Macroscelididae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 16: 45–111.
- ↑ Nyári, Árpád S.; Peterson, A. Townsend; Rathbun, Galen B. (2010-10-01). "Late Pleistocene Potential Distribution of the North African Sengi or Elephant-Shrew Elephantulus rozeti (Mammalia: Macroscelidea)". African Zoology 45 (2): 330–339. doi:10.3377/004.045.0212. ISSN 1562-7020.
- ↑ SÉGUIGNES, M. (1989-01-01). "Contribution à l’étude de la reproduction d’Elephantulus rozeti (Insectivora, Macroscelididae)". Mammalia 53 (3). doi:10.1515/mamm.1989.53.3.377.
- ↑ De Lange, D. (1949). "Communication on the attachment and the early development of Macroscelides (= Elephantulus) rozeti Duv., the North-African Junping Shrew.". Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 28.1.