Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (A. Smith 1834)

[Macroscelides] brachyrhynchus A. Smith 1834, Rept. Exped. Exploring Central Africa, Vol. 1834: 42.

Type Locality: "The country between Lake Latakoo and the Tropic" (= South Africa, Northern Cape Province, Kuruman, to S Botswana).

Vernacular Names: Short-snouted Elephant Shrew.

Synonyms: Elephantulus albiventer (Osgood 1910); Elephantulus brachyura (Bocage 1882); Elephantulus brevirostris (Schinz 1844); Elephantulus delamerei (Thomas 1901); Elephantulus langi (Roberts 1929); Elephantulus luluae (Matschie 1926); Elephantulus mababiensis (Roberts 1932); Elephantulus selindensis (Roberts 1937); Elephantulus shortridgei (Roberts 1929); Elephantulus tzaneenensis (Roberts 1929) .

Distribution: N South Africa; NE Namibia; E and N Botswana; Angola; Zimbabwe; Malawi; Zambia; S Dem. Rep. Congo; Mozambique; Tanzania; Kenya and Uganda.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Corbet (1974:5) and Meester et al. (1986:311) regarded variation as clinal and did not recognize any subspecies.