MACROSCELIDIDAE, Bonaparte, 1838

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2018, Macroscelididae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 8 Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 206-234 : 206

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6646565
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6646290
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treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	MACROSCELIDIDAE
status

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Family MACROSCELIDIDAE View in CoL

(SENGIS)

• Small to very small with mobile snouts; long and slender limbs; very long metatarsals and long tails; and pelage with gray, brown, rufous, white, and golden tones.

• 15-60 cm. View Figure

• Palearctic and Afrotropical Regions. View Figure

• Mesic forests and woodlands; mesic bushlands; arid and semiarid areas with open canopies and gravel, rock, or compact-sand substrates.

• 5 genera, 20 species, 40 taxa.

• 1 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.