Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith 1834)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Macroscelidea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 82-85 : 82

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Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith 1834)
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[Macroscelides] brachyrhynchus A. Smith 1834 , Rept. Exped. Exploring Central Africa, Vol. 1834: 42.

Type Locality: "The country between Lake Latakoo and the Tropic" (= South Africa, Northern Cape Province, Kuruman, to S Botswana).

Vernacular Names: Short-snouted Elephant Shrew.

Synonyms: Elephantulus albiventer ( Osgood 1910) ; Elephantulus brachyura (Bocage 1882) ; Elephantulus brevirostris ( Schinz 1844) ; Elephantulus delamerei (Thomas 1901) ; Elephantulus langi ( Roberts 1929) ; Elephantulus luluae (Matschie 1926) ; Elephantulus mababiensis (Roberts 1932) ; Elephantulus selindensis (Roberts 1937) ; Elephantulus shortridgei ( Roberts 1929) ; Elephantulus tzaneenensis ( Roberts 1929) .

Distribution: N South Africa; NE Namibia; E and N Botswana; Angola; Zimbabwe; Malawi; Zambia; S Dem. Rep. Congo; Mozambique; Tanzania; Kenya and Uganda.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Corbet (1974:5) and Meester et al. (1986:311) regarded variation as clinal and did not recognize any subspecies.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Macroscelidea

Family

Macroscelididae

Genus

Elephantulus

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Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith 1834)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Macroscelides] brachyrhynchus

A. Smith 1834: 42
1834
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