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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 ...
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]
The rufous elephant shrew, rufous sengi or East African long-eared elephant-shrew (Galegeeska rufescens) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. Found in Ethiopia , Kenya , Somalia , South Sudan , Tanzania and Uganda , [ 2 ] its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland .
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.
Here’s what makes an elephant a mammal, including some facts you may not know about them. Elephants Give Live Birth to Their Young. It takes an elephant 22 months to give birth.
The short-snouted elephant shrew is listed as of least concern by the IUCN because it inhabits immense areas of southern Africa that are generally not inhabited by humans. . While no specific threats to this species are apparent, possible future threats to the short-snouted elephant shrews include woody plant encroachment and desertificat
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