Name - Macroscelides proboscideus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:84230 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw)

• Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw 1800)

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Recent Publications

• Breeding of short-eared elephant shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus) at BCA.
• Breeding management of the short-eared sengi (Macroscelides proboscideus) at Chester Zoo.
• Comparative anatomy of neonates of the three major mammalian groups (monotremes, marsupials, placentals) and implications for the ancestral mammalian neonate morphotype.
• Redescription of Maupasina weissi (Seurat, 1913) (Nematoda: Ascaridida) from sengis, Elephantulus spp. and Macroscelides proboscideus (Shaw) (Macroscelidea), in Africa.
• Colour vision in sengis (Macroscelidea, Afrotheria, Mammalia): choice experiments indicate dichromatism.

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