Macroscelididae

Other Names for Macroscelididae

• Elephant shrews
• Sengis
• Macroscelidea

References

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Corbet, G. B. and J. Hanks. 1968. A revision of the elephant shrews, family Macroscelididae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 16:1-111.

Douady, C. J., F. Catzeflis, J. Raman, M. S. Springer, and M. J. Stanhope. 2003. The Sahara as a vicariant agent, and the role of Miocene climatic events, in the diversification of the mammalian order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 100:8325-8330.

Hartenberger, J.-L. 1986. Hypothèse paléontologique sur l'origine des Macroscelidea (Mammalia). Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences Serie II 302:247-249.

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Simons, E. L., P. A. Holroyd, and T. M. Bown. 1991. Early Tertiary elephant-shrews from Egypt and the origin of the Macroscelidea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 88:9734-9737.

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Wenhold, B. A. and T. J. Robinson. 1987. Comparative karyology of 3 species of elephant-shrew (Insectivora, Macroscelididae). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 52:1-9.

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Woodall, P. F. 1991. An ultrastructural study of the spermatozoa of elephant shrews (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) and its phylogenetic implications. Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology 23:47-58.

Woodall, P. F. 1995. The penis of elephant shrews (Mammalia, Macroscelididae). Journal of Zoology 237:399-410.

Woodall, P. F. 1995. The male reproductive-system and the phylogeny of elephant-shrews (Macroscelidea). Mammal Review 25:87-93.

Woodall, P. F. and C. Fitzgibbon. 1995. Ultrastructure of spermatozoa of the yellow-rumped elephant shrew Rhynchocyon chrysopygus (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) and the phylogeny of elephant shrews. Acta Zoologica 76:19-23.

Information on the Internet

• Elephant Shrews. California Academy of Sciences.
• Golden-rumped elephant-shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus). ARKive.org. Check out the movies!
• Order Macroscelidea. Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
• Afrotheria Specialist Group. IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Species Survival Commission.
• Elephant Shrews. A page by Peter Woodall, an elephant shrew researcher at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.