Cape elephant shrew

The Cape elephant shrew (Elephantulus edwardii),[2][3] also known as the Cape rock elephant-shrew,[1][4] or Cape rock sengi,[1] is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is endemic to South Africa, although it is a relatively common animal. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.[1] Elephant shrews are not closely related to other species of shrews and to rodents such as mice.[3] E. edwardii has been observed to be a non-flying mammal pollinator of the pagoda lily (Massonia bifolia). It uses its long slender tongue to feed on the pagoda lily's nectar while getting the lily's pollen on its long nose.[4]

Cape elephant shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Elephantulus
Species:
E. edwardii
Binomial name
Elephantulus edwardii
(A. Smith, 1839)
Cape elephant shrew range
Synonyms[2]
  • Elephantulus capensis Roberts, 1924
  • Elephantulus edwardsii (Sclater, 1901)
  • Elephantulus karoensis Roberts, 1938

References
  1. Stuart, C.; Perrin, M.; FitzGibbon, C.; Griffin, M. & Smit, H. (2008). "Elephantulus edwardii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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. 82. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Jiang, Jin-Qing; Xia, Xiao-Jing; Wang, Lei; Liu, Chang-Zhong (2018). "Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of cape elephant shrew, Elephantulus edwardii". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 3 (2): 738–739. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1483759. PMC 7799720. PMID 33474305.
  4. Petra Wester, "Sticky snack for sengis: The Cape rock elephant-shrew, Elephantulus edwardii (Macroscelidea), as a pollinator of the Pagoda lily, Whiteheadia bifolia (Hyacinthaceae)", Springer-Verlag, November 16, 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.


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