Karoo round-eared sengi: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Karoo round-eared sengi lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Macroscelides proboscideus
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Africa, Europe
Class	Mammal
Order	Macroscelidea
Family	Macroscelididae

Where does the Karoo round-eared sengi live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Karoo round-eared sengi in 3 countries and territories across Africa and Europe.

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 Karoo round-eared sengi endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Karoo round-eared sengi?

The Karoo round-eared sengi (Macroscelides proboscideus) is a mammal in the order Macroscelidea and the family Macroscelididae, genus Macroscelides. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Karoo round-eared sengi

The round-eared sengi or round-eared elephant shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus), also called the Karoo round-eared sengi or Karoo round-eared sengi to distinguish it from its sister species, is a species of small mammal belonging to the sengi family (Macroscelididae), and distantly (ancestrally) related to elephants. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and grassland, and hot deserts. They eat insects, shoots, and roots. Their gestation period is 56 days. The species was formerly misleadingly called the short-eared sengi or short-eared elephant shrew.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Karoo round-eared sengi (revision 1380747842), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1130566 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).