Elephantulus
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| name = Elephantulus{{MSW3 Schlitter | pages = 82-83}}
| image = Elephant shrew and colorful lizard.jpg
| image_caption = Elephantulus, with a common flat lizard behind
| taxon = Elephantulus
| authority = Thomas & Schwann, 1906
| type_species = Macroscelides rupestris
| type_species_authority = A. Smith, 1831
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| range_map = Elephantulus Range.jpg
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Elephantulus is a genus of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae.
It contains the following species:
- Short-snouted elephant shrew (E. brachyrhynchus)
- Cape elephant shrew (E. edwardii)
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew (E. fuscipes)
- Dusky elephant shrew (E. fuscus)
- Bushveld elephant shrew (E. intufi)
- Eastern rock elephant shrew (E. myurus)
- Karoo rock elephant shrew (E. pilicaudus)
- Western rock elephant shrew (E. rupestris)
References
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- Smit, H.A., Robinson, T.J., Watson, J. & Jansen van Vuunen, B. (2008). A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89 (5): 1257–1268.
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Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
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