Western rock elephant shrew
Species of mammal
| Western rock elephant shrew[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus |
| Species: | E. rupestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Elephantulus rupestris (A. Smith, 1831) | |
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| Western rock elephant shrew range | |
The western rock elephant shrew or western rock sengi (Elephantulus rupestris) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Namibia, South Africa, and possibly Angola and Botswana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.[2]
Smaller members of western rock elephant shrew possess functional brown adipose tissue, which changes in thermogenic capacity depending on the season.[3]
References
- ^ Schlitter, D.A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Rathbun, G.B.; Smit-Robinson, H. (2015). "Elephantulus rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T7138A21290631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T7138A21290631.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Boyles, Justin (January 2012). "Body temperature patterns in two syntopic elephant shrew species during winter". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 161 (1): 89–94. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.09.007. PMID 21964153 – via Science Citation Index.
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Extant Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Eutheria
- Superorder Afrotheria
- Short-snouted elephant shrew (E. brachyrhynchus)
- Cape elephant shrew (E. edwardii)
- Dusky-footed elephant shrew (E. fuscipes)
- Dusky elephant shrew (E. fuscus)
- Bushveld elephant shrew (E. intufi)
- Eastern rock elephant shrew (E. myurus)
- Karoo rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus pilicaudus)
- Rufous elephant shrew (E. rufescens)
- Western rock elephant shrew (E. rupestris)
- Somali elephant shrew (G. revoilii)
- Namib round-eared elephant shrew (M. flavicaudatus)
- Etendeka round-eared sengi (M. micus)
- Round-eared elephant shrew (M. proboscideus)
- Four-toed elephant shrew (P. tetradactylus)
- North African elephant shrew (P. rozeti)
- Golden-rumped sengi (R. chrysopygus)
- Chequered sengi (R. cirnei)
- Black and rufous sengi (R. petersi)
- Stuhlmann's sengi (R. stuhlmanni)
- Grey-faced sengi (R. udzungwensis)
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