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- Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew
mammal · Macroscelidea · Macroscelididae
Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew
Elephantulus myurus Thomas & Schwann, 1906 — also called Eastern Rock Sengi, Eastern Elephant-shrew, Eastern Rock Elephant-shrew. Occurrence records of the Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Lanner Gorge (12 records), in 3 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernMacroscelididae
6reserves with records
39records around them
3provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Lanner GorgeProtected area | LP Limpopo | 12 |
| Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier area | LP Limpopo | 10 |
| Marrick Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve | NC Northern Cape | 10 |
| Blyderivierspoort NatuurreservaatNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 3 |
| Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserve | LP Limpopo | 2 |
| Entabeni Game ReserveGame reserve | LP Limpopo | 2 |
By province
- Limpopo
- 4 reserves
- Mpumalanga
- 1 reserve
- Northern Cape
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Macroscelidea
- Family
- Macroscelididae
- Scientific name
- Elephantulus myurus
- GBIF taxon
- 2440855
- Wikidata
- Q1768481
More of the Macroscelididae family
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.