Macroscelides

Macroscelides
	Macroscelides proboscideus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Macroscelidea
Family:	Macroscelididae
Genus:	Macroscelides; A. Smith, 1829
Species
	Macroscelides flavicaudatus; Macroscelides micus; Macroscelides proboscideus

Macroscelides is a genus of small shrew-like animals, the round-eared sengis (also called elephant shrews), found in western Namibia and in South Africa; they are members of the clade Afrotheria.

There are three known species:[1]

Namib round-eared sengi, Macroscelides flavicaudatus
Etendaka round-eared sengi, Macroscelides micus, which is only found in gravel plains in the Etendaka formation of north-west Namibia[2]
Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus

References

"Gallery of sengis". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
Dumbacher, J. P.; Rathbun, G. B.; Osborne, T. O.; Griffin, M.; Eiseb, S. J. (June 2014). "A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia". Journal of Mammalogy. 95 (3): 443–454. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159.

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[sengisorg-1] "Gallery of sengis". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

[Dumbacher2014-2] Dumbacher, J. P.; Rathbun, G. B.; Osborne, T. O.; Griffin, M.; Eiseb, S. J. (June 2014). "A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia". Journal of Mammalogy. 95 (3): 443–454. doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159.