Short-Eared Elephant Shrew
Macroscelides proboscideus
Also known as: Karoo Round-Eared Sengi, Karoo Round-Eared Elephant-Shrew, Round-Eared Elephant-Shrew, Round-Eared Sengi, Short-Eared Sengi
Habitat
Ground
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
38 g
LCMammaliaMacroscelideaMacroscelididae
Seasonal Activity
24 sightings · 2004–2025
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Macroscelidea
- Family
- Macroscelididae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 38 g
Photo
(c) Joachim S. Müller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Occurrence data from GBIF.