Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae

Full reference: J. P. Dumbacher, E. J. Carlen, and G. Rathbun. 2016. Petrosaltator gen. nov., a new genus replacement for the North African sengi Elephantulus rozeti (Macroscelidea; Macroscelididae). Zootaxa 4136(3):567-579

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

See also Senut and Pickford 2021

Sister taxa: Macroscelides, Metoldobotes, Petrodromus

Subtaxa: Petrosaltator rozeti

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Type: Elephantulus rozeti

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Petrosaltator in the database

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