Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann 1906

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Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann 1906

Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann 1906 , Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906 (33): 10.

Type Species: Macroscelides rupestris A. Smith 1831

Synonyms: Elephantomys Broom 1937 ; Nasilio Thomas and Schwann 1906 .

Species and subspecies: 10 species with 8 subspecies:

Species Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith 1834)

Species Elephantulus edwardii (A. Smith 1839)

Species Elephantulus fuscipes ( Thomas 1894)

Species Elephantulus fuscus ( Peters 1852)

Species Elephantulus intufi (A. Smith 1834)

Species Elephantulus myurus Thomas and Schwann 1906

Species Elephantulus revoili (Huet 1881)

Species Elephantulus rozeti (Duvernoy 1833)

Subspecies Elephantulus rozeti subsp. rozeti Duvernoy 1833

Subspecies Elephantulus rozeti subsp. deserti Thomas 1901

Species Elephantulus rufescens (Peters 1878)

Subspecies Elephantulus rufescens subsp. rufescens Peters 1878

Subspecies Elephantulus rufescens subsp. boranus Thomas 1901

Subspecies Elephantulus rufescens subsp. dundasi Dollman 1910

Subspecies Elephantulus rufescens subsp. peasei Thomas 1901

Subspecies Elephantulus rufescens subsp. pulcher Thomas 1894

Subspecies Elephantulus rufescens subsp. somalicus Thomas 1901

Species Elephantulus rupestris (A. Smith 1831)

Discussion: Includes Nasilio ; see Corbet and Hanks (1968), and Elephantomys ; see Meester et al. (1986). A key to the species was presented in Koontz and Roeper (1983) and another to southern African species in Meester et al. (1986).