Macroscelides

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
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 (= Sorex proboscideus Shaw, 1800)
Species
Macroscelides flavicaudatus Macroscelides micus Macroscelides proboscideus

There are three known species:^[2]

• Namib round-eared sengi, Macroscelides flavicaudatus
• Etendaka round-eared sengi, Macroscelides micus, which is only found in gravel plains in the Etendaka formation of north-west Namibia^[3]
• Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus