Rufous Elephant Shrew

Elephantulus rufescens est une espèce de rats à trompe. Les rats à trompe sont de petits mammifères insectivores africains gris-brun à museau pointu. Description Longueur : 12 cm à 13 cm.

The rufous elephant shrew, rufous sengi or East African long-eared elephant-shrew (Galegeeska rufescens) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. Found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Taxonomy Previous classified in the genus Elephantulus, a 2021 study found it to belong to the genus Galegeeska, which had been coined the previous year as a monotypic genus containing the then-rediscovered Somali elephant shrew (G.

Elephantulus rufescens es una especie de mamífero afroterio del orden Macroscelidea. ​ Se encuentra en Etiopía, Kenia, Somalia, Sudán del Sur, Tanzania y Uganda. Su hábitat natural son sabanas secas y matorrales secos subtropicales o tropicales.