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Black and rufous elephant shrew

Order : Macroscelidea
Family : Macroscelididae
Species : Rhynchocyon petersi

 

The Black and rufous elephant shrew, black and rufous sengi is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the black and rufous elephant shrew

Black And Rufous Elephant Shrew or Rhynchocyon petersi is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to B1+2c. (Full text)

The black and rufous elephant-shrew is endangered. (Full text)

The black-and-rufous elephant-shrew is endemic to the eastern African coastal zone, being present only in south-east Kenya and east Tanzania, including the islands of Zanzibar and Mafia (Wilson & Reeder, 1993; Nicoll & Rathbun, 1990). (Full text)