Elephantulus fuscus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1851)

Dusky 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1851. Eine Mittheilung über zwei neue Insectivoren aus Mossambique. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1851:467-468.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056579

Original name as described

Macroscelides fuscus

Other common names

Dusky Elephant-shrew · Peters's Short-snouted Sengi · Peters's Short-snouted Elephant-shrew · Zambezi Sengi · Zambezi Elephant-shrew

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Boror, near Quelimane, Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Malawi · Mozambique · Zambia?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000448

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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: 8 names and synonyms.

Macroscelides fuscus

W. C. H. Peters, 1851

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Boror

Type locality

Mozambique.

Authority page

467

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11056579

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1852:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
Giebel (1855:910, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1880:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
Bocage (1882:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16211310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68546)
Thomas (1890:445, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31014646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35263)
Matschie (1895:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Macroscelides brachyrhynchus malosæ

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

malosae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.41

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Malosa, 5500 ft.

Type locality

Malawi.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/18d0f3f5-8562-4575-9786-7fd8666a0deb

Authority page

928

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988167

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:928, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
Trouessart (1904:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Macroscelides brachyrhynchus fuscus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422954

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Nasilio brachyrhynchus malosæ:

Osgood, 1910

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

malosae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462382

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1910:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)

Nasilio malosæ:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

malosae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781980

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Elephantulus brachyrhynchus malosae:

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

malosae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34033)

Elephantulus fuscus leakeyi

P. M. Butler & M. Greenwood, 1976

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

leakeyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Tanzania: 2°58′35″S, 35°20′16″E.

Authority publication

Fossil Vertebrates of Africa

Elephantulus fuscus:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

199

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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 #42660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42660/21288491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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