North African elephant shrew
| North African elephant shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Petrosaltator Rathbun & Dumbacher, 2016 |
| Species: | P. rozeti
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| Binomial name | |
| Petrosaltator rozeti (Duvernoy, 1833)
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| North African elephant shrew range | |
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The North African elephant shrew (Petrosaltator rozeti) or North African sengi is a species of
Petrodromus than to other members of Elephantulus. It was moved to a new genus, Petrosaltator, in 2016.[4]
The split with Petrodromus likely occurred during the Miocene period.[5]
Description
The North African elephant-shrew is a little rodent-like in appearance, having a small body, large ears, and a long tail. It weighs around 50 grams (1.8 oz), which is very light compared to other
dental formula of 3.1.4.23.1.4.3.[7]
Distribution
It is present in northwestern Africa from the northern Western Sahara to western Libya.[2]
Habitat
Its natural
Habits
The North African sengi typically gives birth to litters of 1 to 4 young twice a year.[8]
Notes
- ^ The rock hyrax is present in the Sahara in central Algeria a few hundred km away.
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c Rathbun, G.B. (2015). "Elephantulus rozeti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42663A21289287. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Corbet, G.B.; Hanks, J. (1968). "A revision of the elephant-shrews, family Macroscelididae". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 16: 45–111.
- PMID 27395734.
- PMID 12821774.
- ^ "Elephantulus rozeti". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
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- S2CID 84872848.
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