Bushveld sengi: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Bushveld sengi Elephantulus intufi Least concern

Where the bushveld sengi lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 9 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals on the world map

Scientific name	Elephantulus intufi
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Macroscelidea
Family	Macroscelididae

Where does the bushveld sengi live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bushveld sengi in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Namibia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the bushveld sengi endangered?

The bushveld sengi’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bushveld sengi?

The bushveld sengi (Elephantulus intufi) is a mammal in the order Macroscelidea and the family Macroscelididae, genus Elephantulus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bushveld sengi

The bushveld sengi or bushveld elephant shrew (Elephantulus intufi) is a species of small mammal belonging to the sengi family (Macroscelididae). It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bushveld sengi (revision 1360554300), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q579367 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).