Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Elephantulus rufescens

Description

Elephantulus rufescens (Peters, 1878). Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin, 1878:198.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, Taita, Ndi.

DISTRIBUTION: S and E Ethiopia, N and SE Kenya, NE Uganda, S Sudan, NC and W Tanzania, N and S Somalia.

SYNONYMS: boranus, delicatus, dundasi, hoogstraali, mariakanae, ocularis, peasei, phaeus, pulcher, renatus, rendilis, somalicus.

COMMENTS: See Koontz and Roeper (1983, Mammalian Species, 204).

Notes

Published as part of Duane A. Schlitter, 1993, Order Macroscelidea, pp. 829-830 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 829, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353090

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Macroscelididae
Genus
Elephantulus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Macroscelidea
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Peters
Species
rufescens
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Elephantulus rufescens (Peters, 1878) sec. Schlitter, 1993

References

  • Koontz, F. W., and N. J. Roeper. 1983. Elephantulus rufescens. Mammalian Species, 204: 1 - 5.