| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Macroscelidea
- ---- family: Macroscelididae
- ----- species: Elephantulus myurus
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| Characteristics: | carnivore; body-length: 26cm; the dorsal coat is brownish-grey and the underside is white, the hind legs are more developed than the forelegs; the nose is long and trunk-like; |
| Countries: | - BW
- Botswana
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT1009
- Highveld grasslands
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 206 |
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