Elephantulus_rupestris

Western rock elephant shrew

Western rock elephant shrew

Species of mammal

The western rock elephant shrew or western rock sengi (Elephantulus rupestris) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Namibia, South Africa, and possibly Angola and Botswana. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.[2]

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Smaller members of western rock elephant shrew possess functional brown adipose tissue, which changes in thermogenic capacity depending on the season.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Schlitter, D.A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. [2]
    Rathbun, G.B.; Smit-Robinson, H. (2015). "Elephantulus rupestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T7138A21290631. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T7138A21290631.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. [3]
    Boyles, Justin (January 2012). "Body temperature patterns in two syntopic elephant shrew species during winter". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 161 (1): 89–94. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.09.007. PMID 21964153 – via Science Citation Index.


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