Black and rufous elephant shrew

Black and rufous elephant shrew

Order : Macroscelidea
Family : Macroscelididae
Species : Rhynchocyon petersi

The Black and rufous elephant shrew, black and rufous sengi is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the black and rufous elephant shrew

The black-and-rufous elephant-shrew is endemic to the eastern African coastal zone, being present only in south-east Kenya and east Tanzania, including the islands of Zanzibar and Mafia (Wilson & Reeder, 1993; Nicoll & Rathbun, 1990). (Full text)

Black And Rufous Elephant Shrew or Rhynchocyon petersi is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to B1+2c. (Full text)

The black and rufous elephant-shrew is endangered. (Full text)