| Eastern rock elephant shrew[1] | |
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| On the rocky hill above Greylingstad, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Elephantulus |
| Species: | E. myurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Elephantulus myurus Thomas & Schwann, 1906
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| Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew range | |
The eastern rock elephant shrew or eastern rock sengi (Elephantulus myurus) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and rocky areas.[2]
- ^ Schlitter, D.A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Rathbun, G.B. (2015). "Elephantulus myurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T42662A21289491. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T42662A21289491.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.