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Elephant shrews, also called jumping shrews or sengis, are small insectivorous mammals native to Africa, belonging to the family Macroscelididae, in the order Macroscelidea. Their traditional common English name "elephant shrew" comes from a perceived resemblance between their long noses and the trunk of an elephant , and their superficial ...
Chequered sengis will grow to be around 25–30 cm (9.8–11.8 in) long, excluding their tail, making them one of the longest elephant shrews. Their average tail length is slightly over 25 centimeters, which is slightly shorter than their body length.
Afrotheria (/ æ f r oʊ ˈ θ ɪər i ə / from Latin Afro-"of Africa" + theria "wild beast") is a superorder of placental mammals, the living members of which belong to groups that are either currently living in Africa or of African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also known as sengis), otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and several extinct clades.
The round-eared elephant shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus) or round-eared sengi (called the Karoo round-eared elephant shrew to distinguish it from its sister species; [2] formerly misleadingly named the "short-eared elephant shrew"), [3] is a species of elephant shrew (sengi) in the family Macroscelididae.
Several zoos have begun breeding this elephant shrew, including seven in Europe, [10] such as the Prague and Wrocław zoos, along with four zoos in the United States including the Philadelphia Zoo. For example, two black and rufous sengi males were born on February 4, 2007, at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., which no longer keep the species.
Compared to the regular elephant shrew, which has small eyes and ears, a four-toed elephant shrew has broad, upstanding ears and large eyes. The elephant shrew generally varies in size from about 10 to 30 cm (4 to 12 in). [10] However, the body length of the four-toed elephant shrew is less variable, 19 to 23 cm (7.5 to 9 in). [4]
Black and rufous elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi). Macroscelidea is an order of small mammals.Members of this order are called macroscelids, or elephant shrews. They are exclusively found in Africa, in a variety of biomes from forests to deserts.
The Cape elephant shrew (Elephantulus edwardii), [2] [3] also known as the Cape rock elephant-shrew [1] [4] or Cape rock sengi, [1] is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is endemic to South Africa , although it is a relatively common animal.