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Round-eared Sengis
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Round-eared Sengis

Macroscelides

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

There are three known species:

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Karoo Round-eared Sengi

speciesMacroscelides proboscideus

Namib Round-eared Sengi

speciesMacroscelides flavicaudatus

Etendeka Round-eared Sengi

speciesMacroscelides micus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43227.