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--> GENUS Elephantulus
SPECIES Elephantulus intufi
Author: | A. Smith, 1834. | Actual Date: | 1836 | Citation: | Rept. Exped. Exploring Central Africa, 1834: 42. | Common Name: | Bushveld Elephant Shrew | Type Locality: | South Africa, North West Province, Marico District, flats beyond Kurrichaine. | Distribution: | SW Angola; Namibia; Botswana; N South Africa. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Corbet (1974:5) and Meester et al. (1986:313) declined to recognize subspecies although Corbet and Hanks (1968:90) considered that two might be recognized with alexandri applicable to all but the eastern nominate population. |
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alexandri (Ogilby, 1838) campbelli Roberts, 1938 canescens Lundholm, 1955 kalaharicus Roberts, 1932 mchughi Roberts, 1946 mossamedensis Hill and Carter, 1937 namibensis Roberts, 1938 omahekensis Lehmann, 1955 schinzi (Noack, 1889)
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