A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Macroscelididae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Short-snouted Elephant ShrewElephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith, 1836) | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky-footed Elephant ShrewElephantulus fuscipes (Thomas, 1894) | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Elephant ShrewElephantulus fuscus (Peters, 1852) | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bushveld Elephant ShrewElephantulus intufi (A. Smith, 1836) | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Rock Elephant ShrewElephantulus myurus Thomas & Schwann, 1906 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Karoo Rock SengiElephantulus pilicaudus Smit, 2008 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Rock Elephant ShrewElephantulus rupestris (A. Smith, 1831) | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous Elephant ShrewGalegeeska rufescens (Peters, 1878) | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Namib Round-eared SengiMacroscelides flavicaudatus Lundholm, 1955 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etendeka Round-eared SengiMacroscelides micus Dumbacher & Rathbun, 2014 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Karoo Round-eared SengiMacroscelides proboscideus (Shaw, 1800) | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Four-toed Elephant ShrewPetrodromus tetradactylus Peters, 1846 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-rumped Elephant ShrewRhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther, 1881 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black and Rufous Elephant ShrewRhynchocyon petersi Bocage, 1880 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed SengiRhynchocyon stuhlmanni Matschie, 1893 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-faced SengiRhynchocyon udzungwensis Rathbun & Rovero, 2008 | MacroscelididaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.