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mammal · Macroscelidea · Macroscelididae

Four-toed Elephant Shrew

Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters, 1846 — also called Four-toed Sengi, Four-toed Elephant-shrew, Fourtoed Elephant-shrew. Occurrence records of the Four-toed Elephant Shrew are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (11 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernMacroscelididae
6reserves with records
32records around them
2provinces
LCIUCN category
Four-toed Elephant Shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus)
Photo: Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal11
St. Lucia SystemProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal11
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal4
False Bay ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
MakulekeProtected areaLP Limpopo2
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
5 reserves
Limpopo
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Order
Macroscelidea
Scientific name
Petrodromus tetradactylus
GBIF taxon
2440858
Wikidata
Q930150

More of the Macroscelididae family

Cape Elephant ShrewEastern Rock Elephant ShrewWestern Rock Elephant Shrew

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.