Macroscelides micus

Macroscelides micus at Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia.

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Macroscelidea

Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Macroscelidinae
Tribus: Macroscelidini
Genus: Macroscelides
Species: Macroscelides micus

Name

• Macroscelides micus Dumbacher & Rathbun, 2014: 446

Holotype: CAS MAM-29679, adult ♀, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton.

Type locality: “20.7281ºS, 14.1305ºE at about 720 m above sea level at the base of rocky outcrops on gently sloping alluvial gravels with scattered cobble-sized reddish colored basalt rocks and stones about 10 km south by southwest (200º) of the Mikberg formation, Kunene District, Namibia.”

References

Primary references

• Dumbacher, J.P., Rathbun, G.B., Osborne, T.O., Griffin, M. & Eiseb, S.J. 2014. A new species of round-eared sengi (genus Macroscelides) from Namibia. Journal of Mammalogy 95(3): 443–454. DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-159 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Μακρόσκελο Ανοιχτό Σένγκι
English: Etendaka round-eared sengi, Etendaka round-eared elephant shrew
Malti: Senġi ta' widnejħ tondi ta' Etendeka
русский: Этендекская круглоухая слоновья землеройка
Tiếng Việt: Chuột sengi tai tròn Etendeka