Macroscelides
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Macroscelides is a genus of small shrew-like animals, the round-eared sengis (also called elephant shrews), found in western Namibia and in South Africa; they are members of the clade Afrotheria.
There are three known species:[1]
- Namib round-eared sengi, Macroscelides flavicaudatus
- Etendaka round-eared sengi, Macroscelides micus, which is only found in gravel plains in the Etendaka formation of north-west Namibia[2]
- Karoo round-eared sengi, or short-eared elephant shrew, Macroscelides proboscideus
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