Rufous elephant shrew
| Rufous elephant shrew | |
|---|---|
| Rufous elephant shrew at the Frankfurt Zoological Garden | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Galegeeska |
| Species: | G. rufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Galegeeska rufescens (Peters, 1878) | |
| Rufous elephant shrew range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Elephantulus rufescens | |
The rufous elephant shrew, rufous sengi or East African long-eared elephant-shrew (Galegeeska rufescens) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. Found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.