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Elephantulus rupestris  (A. Smith, 1831)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 584921

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Macroscelides rupestris A. Smith, 1831
  
  Common Name(s): Western Rock Elephant Shrew [English]
  
    Western Rock Sengi [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderMacroscelidea Butler, 1956 – Elephant Shrews  
                                  FamilyMacroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                     SubfamilyMacroscelidinae  – soft-furred sengis  
                                        GenusElephantulus Thomas and Schwann, 1906 – Long-eared Elephant Shrews  
                                           SpeciesElephantulus rupestris (A. Smith, 1831) – Western Rock Elephant Shrew, Western Rock Sengi  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Duane A. Schlitter  
  Notes: Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, dschlitter@wfscgate.tamu.edu   
  Reference for: Elephantulus rupestris    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Heritage, S. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Macroscelididae (Sengis)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos   
  Page(s): 206-234   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-084   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Elephantulus rupestris, Western Rock Sengi [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Elephantulus rupestris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Elephantulus rupestris, Western Rock Elephant Shrew [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Elephantulus rupestris, Western Rock Elephant Shrew [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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