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North African Elephant Shrew
Midlet E rozeti
Information
Common Name North African Sengi
Range Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Macroscelidea
Family Macroscelididae
Genus Elephantulus
Species Elephantulus rozeti
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The North African elephant shrew or North African sengi (Elephantulus rozeti), is a species of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, being the only extant afrotherian within its range. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and hot deserts.

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