Rufous elephant shrew
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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.[2]
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Rufous elephant shrew[1] | |
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Rufous elephant shrew at the Frankfurt Zoological Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Macroscelidea |
Family: | Macroscelididae |
Genus: | Galegeeska |
Species: | G. rufescens |
Binomial name | |
Galegeeska rufescens (Peters, 1878) | |
Rufous elephant shrew range | |
Synonyms | |
Elephantulus rufescens |
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