- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderMacroscelidea
- ›familyMacroscelididae
- ›genusElephantulus
Cape Elephant Shrew
Elephantulus edwardii (A.Smith, 1839)
Also calledKaapse Klipklaasneus (afr) · Kaapse Olifantspitsmuis (nld) · Kap-Elefantenspitzmaus (deu) · Kappelefantspissmus (nob) · Kappsengi (nob) · Musaranho-elefante-do-Cabo (por) · Sengi de El Cabo (spa) · Sengi du Cap (fra) · bércoun kapský (ces) · kapinkuonokas (fin) · ryjoskoczek przylądkowy (pol) · Ελεφαντομέγαιρο του Εντουάρντι (ell) · Прыгунчик Эдварда (rus) · ケープハネジネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Illustr. Zool. S. Afr. Mamm. p.pl. 14
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Corbet and Hanks (1968: 97) suggested there might be a western and eastern subspecies.
Order Macroscelidea
materials_examined
Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Province, Oliphants River.
Order Macroscelidea
activity
Activity patterns. Cape Rock Sengis are fully terrestrial. Activity is polycyclic with crepuscular peaks and some nocturnal tendencies. Midday activity is least frequent.
Macroscelididae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Arid rocky substrates on mountains, small outcrops, and flat rock sills with minimal vegetative cover but sometimes adjacent to relatively flat compact sandy grounds with sparse dwarf shrubs. The Cape Rock Sengi shelters among boulders and in rock crevices.
Macroscelididae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440847.