| Karoo rock sengi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus |
| Species: | E. pilicaudus |
| Binomial name | |
| Elephantulus pilicaudus Smit, 2008[2] | |
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| Karoo rock sengi range | |
The Karoo rock sengi or Karoo rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus pilicaudus) is a species of small mammal belonging to the sengi family (Macroscelididae). It is found in Northern Cape Province and Western Cape Province in South Africa. While they are endemic to South Africa region Nama-Karoo, their extent of occurrence has increased to 28% and recently has been widespread to Roggeveld vegetation types in Succulent Karoo.[3]
References
- Smit-Robinson, H.; Rathbun, G. (2015). "Elephantulus pilicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T165924A21291059. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T165924A21291059.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Smit, H. A.; Robinson, T. J.; Watson, J.; Van Vuuren, B. Jansen (2008). "A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (5): 1257. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-254.1.
- Main, Devon; Tensen, Laura; Gihring, Katharina; Bronner, Gary; Aboul-Hassan, Nadine; Blanckenberg, Michelle; van Vuuren, Bettine Jansen (2019-10-04). "Unravelling the taxonomy and distribution of two problematic small mammal genera in the Karoo biome". African Zoology. 54 (3): 125–135. doi:10.1080/15627020.2019.1628661. ISSN 1562-7020.