Animalz

Elephantulus

  • Short-snouted Sengi Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
    Short-snouted Sengi
    Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0

    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.

  • Cape Elephant Shrew Elephantulus edwardii
    Cape Elephant Shrew
    Photo: douglaseustonbrown · CC BY-SA 4.0

    The Cape elephant shrew lives in rocky parts of South Africa and feeds mainly on ants and other insects. Its long, flexible snout is a notable feature.

  • Bushveld Elephant Shrew Elephantulus intufi
    Bushveld Elephant Shrew
    Photo: Yathin sk · CC BY-SA 3.0

    A small mammal with a narrow, elongated snout and long hind legs. It lives in dry scrublands of southern Africa and mainly eats ants and termites.

  • Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus myurus
    Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew
    Photo: Marktittley · CC BY-SA 4.0

    The eastern rock elephant shrew is a small mammal with a mobile, slender snout. It forages among rocky outcrops in southern Africa.

  • Karoo Rock Sengi Elephantulus pilicaudus
    Karoo Rock Sengi
    Photo: (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA 4.0

    This sengi is restricted to the Nama-Karoo of South Africa. It has a tuft at the end of its tail, and the species description reports it from rocky habitat.

  • Western Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus rupestris
    Western Rock Elephant Shrew
    Photo: Tony Rebelo · CC BY-SA 4.0

    This sengi lives in arid parts of southern Africa. It is recorded around rocky ridges and outcrops, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, with a range extending into southwestern Angola and extreme southern Botswana.

  • Dusky-footed Elephant Shrew Elephantulus fuscipes

    The dusky-footed sengi is a small elephant-shrew recorded at several sites in Uganda. Sengis in the genus Elephantulus have elongated snouts and large eyes and ears.

  • Dusky Elephant Shrew Elephantulus fuscus

    The dusky elephant shrew belongs to a group with long snouts and large ears. Some records from Mozambique and elsewhere remain uncertain, so the limits of its range are not clear.

  • Short-snouted Sengi Elephantulus brachyrhynchus

    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.

  • Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus myurus

    The eastern rock elephant shrew is a small mammal with a mobile, slender snout. It forages among rocky outcrops in southern Africa.

  • Western Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus rupestris

    This sengi lives in arid parts of southern Africa. It is recorded around rocky ridges and outcrops, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, with a range extending into southwestern Angola and extreme southern Botswana.

  • Cape Elephant Shrew Elephantulus edwardii

    The Cape elephant shrew lives in rocky parts of South Africa and feeds mainly on ants and other insects. Its long, flexible snout is a notable feature.

  • Bushveld Elephant Shrew Elephantulus intufi

    A small mammal with a narrow, elongated snout and long hind legs. It lives in dry scrublands of southern Africa and mainly eats ants and termites.

  • Karoo Rock Sengi Elephantulus pilicaudus

    This sengi is restricted to the Nama-Karoo of South Africa. It has a tuft at the end of its tail, and the species description reports it from rocky habitat.