Elephantulus fuscipes

(O. Thomas, 1894)

Dusky-footed Sengi

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Atlantogenata
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Subfamily: Macroscelidinae
Tribe: Elephantulini
Genus: Elephantulus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1894-01-01. Descriptions of two new species of Macroscelides. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)13(73):67-70.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242408

Original name as described

Macroscelides fuscipes

Other common names

Dusky-footed Elephant-shrew · Uganda Sengi · Uganda Elephant-shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1884.5.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3c52d461-f913-4cc7-a90d-e024266cdb65

Type locality

"N'doruma, Niam-Niam country (= Doruma), north-eastern DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000447

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Macroscelides fuscipes

O. Thomas, 1894

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

fuscipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1884.5.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

N'doruma, Niam-Niam country (about 5° N. and 27° 30' E.).

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3c52d461-f913-4cc7-a90d-e024266cdb65

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242408

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Elephantulus fuscipes:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

fuscipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781975

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Setzer (1956:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489002) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
Corbet & Hill (1980:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Schlitter (1993:829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69030)
Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42659/21288575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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