Rufous sengi: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Elephantulus rufescens
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Mass	10.6 g (birth weight); 58 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Macroscelidea
Family	Macroscelididae

Where does the rufous sengi live?

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

Kenya

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.

How big is a rufous sengi?

Wikidata records the following for the rufous sengi: mass 10.6 g (birth weight); 58 g (adult weight).

Is the rufous sengi endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the rufous sengi?

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

About the rufous sengi

The rufous sengi or rufuous elephant shrew (Galegeeska rufescens), also known as the East African long-eared sengi or East African long-eared elephant shrew, is a species of small mammal belonging to the sengi family (Macroscelididae). Found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Rufous sengi (revision 1367352283), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q581709 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).