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:

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:Elephant shrews

Category:Mammal genera

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

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