Species Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters, 1846 (Four-toed elephant shrew)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Macroscelidea
  • ---- family: Macroscelididae
  • ----- species: Petrodromus tetradactylus
Characteristics:carnivore; length: 35 cm, including the long (16 cm) tail; the fur is reddish-brown on the back and grey-brown on the flanks; the underparts are white; around the eye is a white ring;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:
AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 34
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24050357
Date: 2013-04-03
Creator: inaturalist
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/31663471
Creator: Daderot
Permission: Public Domain
Comments: English: 1=Exhibit in the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.
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