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Elephantulus
Elephantulus rupestris
Western Rock Elephant Shrew (Elephantulus rupestris)
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Macroscelidea
Family Macroscelididae
Genus Elephantulus

Elephantulus s a genus of elephant shrews in the Macroscelididae family.

Species[]

It contains the following species:

Short-snouted Elephant Shrew (A. Smith, 1836) (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus)
Cape Elephant Shrew (A. Smith, 1839) (Elephantulus edwardii)
Dusky-footed Elephant Shrew (Thomas, 1894) (Elephantulus fuscipes)
Bushveld Elephant Shrew (A. Smith, 1836) (Elephantulus intufi)
Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew (Thomas & Schwann, 1906) (Elephantulus myurus)
Karoo Rock Elephant Shrew (Smit, 2008) (Elephantulus pilicaudus)
Somali Elephant Shrew (Huet, 1881) (Elephantulus revoili)
North African Elephant Shrew (Duvernoy, 1833) (Elephantulus rozeti)
Rufous Elephant Shrew (Peters, 1878) (Elephantulus rufescens)
Western Rock Elephant Shrew (A. Smith, 1831) (Elephantulus rupestris)
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