#macroscelides

Karoo Round-eared Sengi Macroscelides proboscideus

A sengi 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.

As one of the few monogamous mammals, round-eared sengi practice mate guarding. This involves guarding the female before and after heat to eliminate male competition, which makes males more vulnerable to their surroundings as they spent a majority of their time dedicated to this tactic.

Namib Round-eared Sengi Macroscelides flavicaudatus

A sengi found in the central Namib desert and southern Namibia. Also called elephant shrews, but they are neither shrews nor elephants.

Etendeka Round-eared Sengi Macroscelides micus

It is only found in gravel plains in the Etendeka formation of north-west Namibia. It is the smallest in the elephant shrew family. M. micus does not burrow, instead sleeping in bushes. It uses its long nose to hunt for ground insects.