Short-snouted Sengi

Short-snouted SengiThe short-snouted sengi has a long, narrow snout and a faint white eye ring. In southern Africa it uses grassland with trees or shrubs.What does it look like?Its narrow snout is relatively short for an elephant-shrew, and a faint white ring surrounds each eye.How does it live?The short-snouted sengi has a long, narrow snout and a faint white eye ring. In southern Africa it uses grassland with trees or shrubs.At Mankwe Wildlife Reserve in South Africa, scat contained mostly plant material and also insects. Studies elsewhere found a different balance, showing geographic variation in diet.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.