Elephantulus

Elephantulus[1]
Elephantulus, with a common flat lizard behind
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Macroscelidea
Family:	Macroscelididae
Genus:	Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann, 1906
Type species
Macroscelides rupestris A. Smith, 1831
Species
See text

Elephantulus is a genus of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It contains the following species:

• 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 (E. pilicaudus)
• Western rock elephant shrew (E. rupestris)

References

1. 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. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

• Smit, H.A., Robinson, T.J., Watson, J. & Jansen van Vuunen, B. (2008). A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89 (5): 1257–1268.