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biologist Jonathan Kingdon proposed that they
instead be
called "
sengis" (singular
sengi), a term
derived from the
Bantu languages of Africa, and in 1998...
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genus of
elephant shrew (or
sengi) in the
family Macroscelididae.
Members of this
genus are
known colloquially as
giant sengis. They are a ground-dwelling...
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traces of a
checkerboard pattern seen on
giant sengis like the
checkered elephant shrew. The golden-rumped
sengi are
monogamous and
territorial behavior is...
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habitat loss.
Chequered sengis will mate for life. The pair of them will
defend a
territory of a few acres. The
chequered sengis is
primarily an insectivore...
- (2012). Steinke, Dirk (ed.). "Phylogeny and
Taxonomy of the Round-Eared
Sengis or Elephant-Shrews,
Genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea)"...
- (2020). "New
records of a lost
species and a
geographic range expansion for
sengis in the Horn of Africa". PeerJ. 8: e9652. doi:10.7717/peerj.9652. PMC 7441985...
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Macroscelides is a
genus of
small shrew-like animals, the round-eared
sengis (also
called elephant shrews),
found in
western Namibia and in
South Africa;...
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Africa or of
African origin:
golden moles,
elephant shrews (also
known as
sengis),
otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and several...
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weighs around 50
grams (1.8 oz),
which is very
light compared to
other sengis). The
total length is from 24 to 38.5 cm (9.4–15.2 in), of
which the tail...
- The Stuhlmann's
sengi or white-tailed
sengi (Rhynchocyon stuhlmanni) is a
species of
elephant shrew that
lives in the
forests and
savannas of Africa....
