Karoo rock elephant shrew

Karoo rock elephant shrew
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Macroscelidea
Family:	Macroscelididae
Genus:	Elephantulus
Species:	E. pilicaudus
Binomial name
Elephantulus pilicaudus Smit, 2008 [2]
Karoo Rock Elephant Shrew range

The Karoo rock elephant shrew or Karoo rock sengi (Elephantulus pilicaudus) is an elephant shrew in the genus Elephantulus . It is found in Northern Cape Province and Western Cape Province in South Africa.

References

1. Smit-Robinson, H.; Rathbun, G. (2015). "Elephantulus pilicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T165924A21291059. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T165924A21291059.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Smit, H. A.; Robinson, T. J.; Watson, J.; Van Vuuren, B. Jansen (2008). "A New Species of Elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (5): 1257. doi: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-254.1 .