MACROSCELIDIDAE, Bonaparte, 1838
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6646565 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C87A8-FFAB-AC05-FDBA-7EEDFA4B3084 |
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Family MACROSCELIDIDAE View in CoL
(SENGIS)
• Small to very small with mobile snouts; long and slender limbs; very long metatarsals and long tails; and pelage with gray, brown, rufous, white, and golden tones.
• 15-60 cm. View Figure
• Palearctic and Afrotropical Regions. View Figure
• Mesic forests and woodlands; mesic bushlands; arid and semiarid areas with open canopies and gravel, rock, or compact-sand substrates.
• 5 genera, 20 species, 40 taxa.
• 1 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
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