Somali elephant shrew

Somali elephant shrew[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: E. revoili
Binomial name
Elephantulus revoili
(Huet, 1881)
Somali elephant shrew range

The Somali elephant shrew or Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoili) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is endemic to Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.[2]

References

  1. 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. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 FitzGibbon, C., Perrin, M., Stuart, C. (2008). Elephantulus revoili. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 December 2008.


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