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Elephant Shrews
Macroscelididae
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Macroscelididae (Elephant Shrews) is a family of
mammals
.
EOL has data for
13 attributes
, including:
habitat includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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forest
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000174
Definition:
A forest biome is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its entire spatial extent, densely packed vegetation which strongly limits light penetration to the forest floor.
Comment:
Preliminary definition.
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number of public records in bold
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
Definition:
number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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5
Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of elephant shrews.
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elephant shrews includes
4 children
:
Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann 1906
Macroscelides A. Smith 1829
Petrodromus Peters 1846
Rhynchocyon Peters 1847
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