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==Classification== {{main|List of macroscelids}} [[File:Macroscelides proboscideus Basel Zoo 28102013.jpg|thumb|right|[[Round-eared elephant shrew]], ''Macroscelides proboscideus'', [[Basel Zoo]]]] [[File:Petrodromus tetradactylus-Zootaxa.jpg|thumb|[[Four-toed sengi]], ''Petrodromus tetradactylus'', Mozambique]] [[File:Petrosaltator rozeti-Zootaxa.jpg|thumb|[[North African elephant shrew]], ''Petrosaltator rozeti'', Morocco]] The 20 species of elephant shrew are placed in six [[genera]], three of which are [[monotypic]]: * '''ORDER MACROSCELIDEA'''<ref name=msw3/> **'''Family Macroscelididae''' *** Genus ''[[Elephantulus]]'' ****[[Short-snouted elephant shrew]], ''E. brachyrhynchus'' **** [[Cape elephant shrew]], ''E. edwardii'' **** [[Dusky-footed elephant shrew]], ''E. fuscipes'' **** [[Dusky elephant shrew]], ''E. fuscus'' **** [[Bushveld elephant shrew]], ''E. intufi'' **** [[Eastern rock elephant shrew]], ''E. myurus'' **** [[Karoo rock elephant shrew]], ''E. pilicaudus''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Smit|first1=H.A.|last2=Robinson|first2=T.J.|last3=Watson|first3=J.|last4=Jansen Van Vuuren|first4=B.|title=A new species of elephant-shrew (Afrotheria:Macroselidea: Elephantulus) from South Africa|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=89|issue=5|pages=1257–1269|date=October 2008|doi=10.1644/07-MAMM-A-254.1|doi-access=free}}</ref> ****[[Western rock elephant shrew]], ''E. rupestris'' *** Genus ''[[Galegeeska]]'' **** [[Somali elephant shrew]], ''G. revoilii''<ref name="Heritage2020">{{cite journal|last1= Heritage|first1=S.|last2= Rayaleh|first2=H.|last3= Awaleh|first3=D.G.|last4= Rathbun|first4=G.B.|title= New records of a lost species and a geographic range expansion for sengis in the Horn of Africa |journal= PeerJ|volume= 8|year= 2020|pages= e9652|doi= 10.7717/peerj.9652|pmid=32879790|pmc=7441985|doi-access= free}}</ref> ****[[Rufous elephant shrew]], ''G. rufescens<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Krásová|first1=Jarmila|last2=Mikula|first2=Ondřej|last3=Šumbera|first3=Radim|last4=Horáková|first4=Sylvie|last5=Robovský|first5=Jan|last6=Kostin|first6=Danila S.|last7=Martynov|first7=Aleksey A.|last8=Lavrenchenko|first8=Leonid A.|last9=Bryja|first9=Josef|date=2021|title=The Rufous Sengi is not Elephantulus—Multilocus reconstruction of evolutionary history of sengis from the subfamily Macroscelidinae|journal=Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research|language=en|volume=59|issue=4|pages=918–932|doi=10.1111/jzs.12460|s2cid=233667864|issn=1439-0469|doi-access=free}}</ref>'' *** Genus ''[[Macroscelides]]'' **** Namib round-eared sengi, ''[[Macroscelides flavicaudatus|M. flavicaudatus]]'' **** Etendeka round-eared sengi, ''[[Macroscelides micus|M. micus]]'' **** Round-eared elephant shrew, ''[[Macroscelides proboscideus|M. proboscideus]]'' *** Genus ''[[Petrodromus]]'' **** [[Four-toed elephant shrew]], ''P. tetradactylus'' *** Genus ''[[Petrosaltator]]'' **** [[North African elephant shrew]], ''P. rozeti'' *** Genus ''[[Rhynchocyon]]'' **** [[Golden-rumped sengi]], ''R. chrysopygus'' *****''Rhynchocyon chrysopygus mandelai''<ref name="Agwanda2021">{{Citation|title=A new subspecies of giant sengi (Macroscelidea: Rhynchocyon) from coastal Kenya |author=Agwanda B. R., Rovero F., Lawson L. P., Vernesi C., & Amin R. |journal=Zootaxa |year=2021 |volume=4948 |issue=2 |pages=zootaxa.4948.2.5 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4948.2.5 |pmid=33757027 }}</ref> **** [[Chequered sengi]], ''R. cirnei'' ***** ''Rhynchocyon cirnei cirnei'' ***** ''Rhynchocyon cirnei shirensis'' ***** ''Rhynchocyon cirnei reichardi'' ***** ''Rhynchocyon cirnei hendersoni'' ***** ''Rhynchocyon cirnei macrurus'' **** [[Black and rufous sengi]], ''R. petersi'' ***** ''Rhynchocyon petersi petersi'' ***** ''Rhynchocyon petersi adersi'' **** [[Stuhlmann's sengi]], ''R. stuhlmanni''<ref name="Carlen2017">{{cite journal|last1= Carlen|first1=E.J.|last2= Rathbun|first2=G.B.|last3= Olson|first3=L.E.|last4= Sabuni|first4=C.A.|last5= Stanley|first5=W.T.|last6= Dumbacher|first6=J.P.|title= Reconstructing the molecular phylogeny of giant sengis (Macroscelidea; Macroscelididae; ''Rhynchocyon'') |journal= Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume= 113|year= 2017|pages= 150–160|doi= 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.012|pmid=28552433|doi-access= free|bibcode=2017MolPE.113..150C }}</ref> **** [[Grey-faced sengi]], ''R. udzungwensis'' {{clear left}}
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