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.

Four-toed Sengi or Four-toed Elephant Shrew (Petrodromus tetradactylus beirae), family Macroscelididae, order Macroscelidea, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

On the twelfth day of Christmas, ants and termites gave to me…

12 Meller's mongoose

11 Sengis sniffing

10 Aardvarks digging

9 Echidnas spiny

8 Numbats pouchy

7 Aardwolfs licking

6 Armadillos

5 Golden Moles!!!

4 Bat eared foxes

3 Sloth bears

2 Pangolins