Elephantulus Explained

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

• 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.