Least ConcernHelmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
One of the 10 shrews on WAnimals
Mammals · Macroscelidea · Macroscelididae
Elephantulus rufescens
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The rufous elephant shrew, or rufous sengi, is a small, agile macroscelid of the arid zones of East Africa. It has a flexible, highly mobile snout with which it hunts out ants and termites, large eyes ringed with pale fur and long hind legs that let it run at great speed. It lives in monogamous pairs that share a territory but spend most of the day apart, and it maintains a network of cleared trails along which it flees.
Weight
51 g – 65 g
Size
12 cm – 15 cm
Life expectancy
4 years
Diet
Omnivore
Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
In pairs
Usually lives in pairs, sometimes for life.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Elephantulus rufescens
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Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Rufous Elephant Shrew — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about rufous elephant shrew.
