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Grey-faced Sengi

Rhynchocyon udzungwensis

Classification

The grey-faced sengi (Rhynchocyon udzungwensis) is a species of elephant shrew that is endemic to the Udzungwa Mountains of south-central Tanzania. The discovery of the species was announced in January 2008; only 15 species of elephant shrew were known until then, and the last discovery was made more than 120 years ago. As the name implies, the species is characterised by a distinctive grey face and a black rump, as well as being larger than the other species of elephant shrews.

Distribution

(c) Francesco Rovero (MUSE), some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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