Elephantulus pilicaudus

Elephantulus pilicaudus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macroscelidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Macroscelidea

Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Macroscelidinae
Tribus: Elephantulini
Genus: Elephantulus
Species: Elephantulus pilicaudus

Name

Elephantulus pilicaudus Smit in Smit et al., 2008: 1263

• Holotype: MMK/M/7305, adult ♀, voucher, collected by H.A. Smit on 19 September 2006.
• Type locality: “Vondelingsfontein Farm, Calvinia, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (31°48'S, 19°49'E; 1,449 m above sea level).”

References

Primary references

• Smit, H.A., Robinson, T.J., Watson, J. & Jansen van Vuuren, B. 2008. A new species of elephant-shrew (Afrotheria: Macroscelidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy 89(5): 1257–1269. DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-254.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Τριχείουρη Ελεφαντομέγαιρα
English: Karoo Rock Elephant-shrew