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Elephantulus intufi

Description

Elephantulus intufi (A. Smith 1834)

[Macroscelides] intufi A. Smith 1834, Rept. Exped. Exploring Central Africa, Vol. 1834: 42.

Type Locality: South Africa, North West Province, Marico District, flats beyond Kurrichaine.

Vernacular Names: Bushveld Elephant Shrew.

Synonyms: Elephantulus alexandri (Ogilby 1838); Elephantulus campbelli Roberts 1938; Elephantulus canescens Lundholm 1955; Elephantulus kalaharicus Roberts 1932; Elephantulus mchughi Roberts 1946; Elephantulus mossamedensis Hill and Carter 1937; Elephantulus namibensis Roberts 1938; Elephantulus omahekensis Lehmann 1955; Elephantulus schinzi (Noack 1889).

Distribution: SW Angola; Namibia; Botswana; N South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Corbet (1974:5) and Meester et al. (1986:313) declined to recognize subspecies although Corbet and Hanks (1968:90) considered that two might be recognized with alexandri applicable to all but the eastern nominate population.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Macroscelidea, pp. 82-85 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 82, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
A. Smith
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Macroscelidea
Family
Macroscelididae
Genus
Elephantulus
Species
intufi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Elephantulus intufi (Smith, 1834) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Roberts, A. 1938. Descriptions of new forms of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 19 (2): 231 - 245.
  • Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 20: 303 - 328.
  • Hill, J. E., and T. D. Carter. 1937. Ten new rodents from Angola, Africa. American Museum Novitates, 913: 9 pp.
  • Corbet, G. B. 1974. Family Macroscelididae. Part 1.5, Pp. 1 - 6, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.
  • Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359.
  • Corbet, G. B., and J. Hanks. 1968. A revision of the elephant-shrews, family Macroscelididae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 16: 45 - 111.