| Western rock sengi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus |
| Species: | E. rupestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Elephantulus rupestris (A. Smith, 1831) | |
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| Western rock sengi range | |
The western rock sengi or western rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus rupestris) is a species of small mammal in the sengi family (Macroscelididae). It is found in Namibia, South Africa, and possibly Angola and Botswana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.[1]
Smaller members of western rock sengi possess functional brown adipose tissue, which changes in thermogenic capacity depending on the season.[2]
References
- Rathbun, G.B.; Smit-Robinson, H. (2015). "Elephantulus rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T7138A21290631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T7138A21290631.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Boyles, Justin (January 2012). "Body temperature patterns in two syntopic elephant shrew species during winter". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 161 (1): 89–94. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.09.007. PMID 21964153 – via Science Citation Index.