Elephantulus
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Macroscelidinae
Tribus: Elephantulini
Genus: Elephantulus
Species (8 + †2): E. brachyrhynchus – E. edwardii – E. fuscipes – E. fuscus – E. intufi – E. myurus – E. pilicaudus – E. rupestris – †E. antiquus – †E. broomi
Name
[edit]Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann, 1906: 577
- Type species: Macroscelides rupestris Smith, 1831, by original designation.
Synonymy
[edit]Type species: Macroscelides brachyrhynchus A. Smith, 1836, by original designation.
- Elephantomys Broom, 1937: 758 [synonymised by Broom, 1938: 251]
Type species: †Elephantomys langi Broom, 1937, by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Thomas, O. & Schwann, H. 1906. The Rudd exploration of South Africa – V. List of mammals obteined by mr. Grant in North East Transvaal. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906: 575–591.
- Broom, R. 1937. On some new Pleistocene mammals from limestone caves of the Transvaal. South African Journal of Science 33(3): 750–768. hdl: 10520/AJA00382353_8174
Reference page.
- Broom, R. 1938. Notes on the premolars of the elephant shrews. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(2): 251–252.