Elephantulus pilicaudus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macroscelidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Afrotheria Grandordo: Afroinsectiphilia Mirordo: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Macroscelidea

Elephantulus pilicaudus Smit in Smit et al., 2008: 1263

Holotype: MMK/M/7305, adult ♀, voucher, collected by H.A. Smit on 19 September 2006.
Type locality: “Vondelingsfontein Farm, Calvinia, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (31°48'S, 19°49'E; 1,449 m above sea level).”

Smit, H.A., Robinson, T.J., Watson, J. & Jansen van Vuuren, B. 2008. A new species of elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89(5): 1257–1269. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-254.1 Reference page.

Ελληνικά: Τριχείουρη Ελεφαντομέγαιρα
English: Karoo Rock Elephant-shrew