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Genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Macroscelides is a genus of small shrew-like animals, the round-eared sengis (also called elephant shrews), found in western Namibia and in South Africa; they are members of the clade Afrotheria.
Macroscelides | |
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Macroscelides proboscideus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Macroscelidea |
Family: | Macroscelididae |
Genus: | Macroscelides A. Smith, 1829 |
Type species | |
Macroscelides typus [1] A. Smith, 1829 | |
Species | |
Macroscelides flavicaudatus | |
There are three known species:[2]
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