- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderMacroscelidea
- ›familyMacroscelididae
- ›genusRhynchocyon
Gray-faced Sengi
Rhynchocyon udzungwensis Rathbun & Rovero, 2008
Also calledGraugesicht-Risselhlindchen (deu) · Graugesichtiges Rüsselhündchen (deu) · Macroscélide à face grise (fra) · Sengi Gigante Carigrís (spa) · Sengi a face grise (fra) · Sengi à face grise (fra) · Sengi-de-cabeça-cinza (por) · Udzungwakjemesengi (nob) · sorkonos szarolicy (pol) · Ουντζουνγκουέζικη Υλακομέγαιρα (ell) · زبابة الفيل رمادية الوجه (ara)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Gray-faced Sengis are fully terrestrial and exclusively diurnal. Nesting is probably similar to that of other species of Rhynchocyon. Each member of a male — female pair probably spends most ofits time independently.
Macroscelididae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Montane forests (closed canopies and dense leaflitter always present) at elevations of 1000 - 2300 m. In the northern Mwanihana Forest, some Gray-faced Sengis occur in deciduous to semi-deciduous lowland habitat, which might be suboptimal.
Macroscelididae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species, but the Gray-faced Sengi is probably similar to other species of Rhynchocyon.
Macroscelididae
breeding
Breeding. There is no information available for this species, but the Gray-faced Sengi is probably similar to the Black-and-rufous Sengi (R. petersi).
Macroscelididae
In the stacks
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Every page naming Rhynchocyon udzungwensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5786557.