Authority citation: Smith, A. 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope, June 23, 1834, under the Superintendence of Dr. A. Smith. Government Gazette Office, Cape Town, 68 pp.
Authority publication link: https://books.google.com/books?id=lcMNAAAAQAAJ
Original name as described: Macroscelides Intufi
Nominal names: intufi (A. Smith, 1836) | alexandri (W. Ogilby, 1838) | schinzi (Noack, 1889) | kalaharicus A. Roberts, 1932 | mossamedensis J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1937 | campbelli A. Roberts, 1938 | namibensis A. Roberts, 1938 | mchughi A. Roberts, 1946 | canescens Lundholm, 1955 | omahekensis E. von Lehmann, 1955
Other common names: Bushveld Elephant-shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Macroscelidea -- Family: Macroscelididae -- Subfamily: Macroscelidinae -- Tribe: Elephantulini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1859.5.7.13 (= BMNH:Mamm:1314a) (= BMNH:Mamm:1841.799)
Type locality: "Flats beyond Kurrichane," Marico District, North West Province, South Africa.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Angola (AGO) | Namibia (NAM) | Zimbabwe (ZWE) | Botswana (BWA) | South Africa (ZAF)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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