elephantshrew

Elephant-shrews are a small group, represented by a single family, the Macroscelididae, including 4 genera and 19 living species. They are adapted for leaping, ...

由 GB Rathbun 著作 · 被引用 1 次 — Few mammals have had a more colorful history of misunderstood ancestry than the elephant-shrews, or sengis. Most species were first described by Western ...

It is native to the lowland montane and dense forests of Kenya and Tanzania. ... Like other members of the genus Rhynchocyon, it is a relatively large species, ...

Description. Chequered Elephant Shrew (also known as Chequered Sengi) weigh around 410-550g and can grow up to 30.5cm, with a tail length of up to 25.4cm.

Elephant shrews, also called jumping shrews or sengis, are small insectivorous mammals native to Africa, belonging to the family Macroscelididae, in the ...

Elephant shrews are terrestrial and are active during the day. Their ears and eyes are large, and, when alarmed, they run on their toes swiftly along paths they ...

Elephant shrews have large eyes and ears and a keen sense of vision and hearing. Their long tails are lined with knobbed bristles, which may be used like swabs ...

2023年5月25日 — A population of endangered elephant shrews has rebounded in a threatened coastal forest reserve in Kenya, suggesting the rabbit-sized mammals ...