Elephantulus Thomas and Schwann 1906 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae

Synonym: Elephantomys Broom 1938

Parent taxon: Elephantulini according to J. P. Dumbacher et al. 2016

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Senut and Pickford 2021, Van Valen 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Hiwegicyon, Nasilio, Palaeothentoides

Subtaxa: Elephantulus brachyrhynchus Elephantulus edwardii Elephantulus fuscipes Elephantulus fuscus Elephantulus intufi Elephantulus myurus Elephantulus pulcher Elephantulus revoili Elephantulus rufescens Elephantulus rupestris

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection), South Africa (5), Tanzania (2), Zambia (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)

• Pliocene of Kenya (1), South Africa (8)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (2)

Total: 24 collections including 32 occurrences

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