Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw 1800)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Macroscelidea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 82-85 : 83

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Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw 1800)
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[Sorex] proboscideus Shaw 1800 , Gen. Zool. Syst. Nat. Hist., Vol. 1, 2, Mammalia: 536.

Type Locality: South Africa, Western Cape Province, Oudtshoorn Div., Roodeval.

Vernacular Names: Short-eared Elephant Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Macroscelides proboscideus subsp. proboscideus Shaw 1800

Subspecies Macroscelides proboscideus subsp. flavicaudatus Lundholm 1955

Distribution: W, NW and SC South Africa; S Namibia.

Conservation: IUCN – Least Concern.

Discussion: Meester et al. (1986:310) listed two subspecies.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Macroscelidea

Family

Macroscelididae

Genus

Macroscelides

Loc

Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw 1800)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Sorex] proboscideus

Shaw 1800: 536
1800
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