Macroscelides from Namibia and South Africa
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Description: English: A (top). Macroscelides proboscideus flavicaudatus captured in the Namib Desert at Wlotzkasbaken, Namibia, on 25 May 2000. B (bottom). M. p. proboscideus captured in the Nama-Karoo at Loxton Commonage, Northern Cape, South Africa, on 21 March 2007 (Photo courtesy of Chris and Mathilde Stuart). Note the light coloration of the animal from the Namib Desert compared to the specimen from the Nama-Karoo. Date: 27 March 2012. Source: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032410.g001. Author: Galen B. Rathbun (top image), Chris and Matilde Stuart (bottom image).
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- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
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- Macroscelidea (elephant-shrews)
- Macroscelididae (elephant shrews)
- Macroscelides (Round-eared Sengi)
- Macroscelides flavicaudatus (Namib Round-eared Elephant Shrew)
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