Macroscelididae

**Macroscelididae** sunt parva mammalia insectivora quae in Africa endemica sunt, ad ordinem **Macroscelideorum** pertinentia. Quia eorum nasi producti proboscidibus elephantidarum similes, atque eorum corpus corpori mammalium familiae Soricidarum similia videri possunt, appellantur in variis linguis soricidae elephantinae.

Latissime distribuuntur trans meridianam Africae regionem, et, quamquam frequentia nusquam, inveni possunt in paene omni habitationis genere, a Desertis Namibianis ad terram saxosam in Africa Australi et ad silvas densas. Una species, *Petrosaltator rozeti,* in desertis montanis et semiaridis in septentrio et occidentali continentis regione manet.

Hoc est unum e celerrimis mammalibus parvis, quod usque ad 28.8 chiliometra per horam currere potest.
Macroscelididae plerumque insectis, araneis, chilopodis, diplopodis, megadrilaceisque vescuntur. Naso ad praedam reperiendam, linguaque ad parvum cibum in os excutiendum utuntur, vermilinguis simillimae.

## Phylogenia
## Classificatio 
[thumb|alt=Etching of an elephant shrew with a small proboscis.|*Etching* unius macroscelididae cui parva [proboscis est.]]
[thumb|*[Macroscelides proboscideus* in Hortis Zoologicis Francofurtensibus.]]
[thumb|*[Rhynchocyon petersi * mas in Hortis Zoologicis Nationalibus Vasingtoniae in Districtu Columbiae.]]
Undeviginti species macroscelididarum in quinque genera digeruntur, quorum duo sunt monotypica:

* **ORDO MACROSCELIDEA**
**** *Elephantidae revoili*
**** *Elephantidae rufescens*
**** *Elephantidae rupestris*
*** Genus *Macroscelides*
**** *Macroscelides flavicaudatus*
**** *Macroscelides micus*
**** *Macroscelides proboscideus*
*** Genus *Petrodromus*
**** *Petrodromus tetradactylus*
*** Genus *Petrosaltator*
**** *Petrosaltator rozeti*
*** Genus *Rhynchocyon*
**** *Rhynchocyon chrysopygus*
**** *Rhynchocyon cirnei*
**** *Rhynchocyon petersi*
**** *Rhynchocyon udzungwensis*

## Notae 
## Bibliographia 
*Coldiron, Ronn W. 1977. On the jaw musculature and relationships of *Petrodromus tetradactylus* (Mammalia, Macroscelidea). Novi Eboraci: American Museum of Natural History.
*Lawson, L. P., C. Vernesi, S. Ricci, et F. Rovero. 2013. Evolutionary History of the Grey-Faced Sengi, *Rhynchocyon udzungwensis,* from Tanzania: A Molecular and Species Distribution Modelling Approach. *PLoS ONE* 8(8): e72506. .
*Murata Y., M. Nikaido, T. Sasaki, Y. Cao, Y. Fukumoto, M. Hasegawa, et N. Okada. 2003. Afrotherian phylogeny as inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes. *Molecular Phylogenetic Evolution* 28(2): 253–60.
*Murphy, W. J., E. Eizirik, W. E. Johnson, Y. P. Zhang, O. A. Ryder, et S. J. O'Brien. 2001. Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals. *Nature* 409(6820): 614–18.
*Patterson, Bryan. 1965. The fossil elephant shrews (family Macroscelididae). *Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology Bulletin* 133( 6). Cantabrigiae Massachusettae: Printed for the Museum.
*Rovero, Francesco, et Galen Rathbun. 2006. A Potentially New Giant Sengi (Elephant-Shrew) from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. *Journal of East African Natural History* 95(2): 111–15. PDF.
*Tabuce, R., L. Marivaux, M. Adaci, M. Bensalah, J. L. Hartenberger, M. Mahboubi, F. Mebrouk, P. Tafforeau, et J. J. Jaeger. 2007. Early Tertiary mammals from North Africa reinforce the molecular Afrotheria clade. *Proceedings of Biological Science* 274(1614): 1159–66.

## Nexus externi 
*Shrew. African Wildlife Foundation.
*Sengis (Elephant-Shrews. California Academy of Sciences. Archivum, 10 Maii 2013.
*New Species Of Giant Elephant-shrew Discovered. *Science Daily,* Februario 2008.
*New sengi species is related to an elephant, but small as a mouse. *Los Angeles Times,* 1 Iunii 2014.


Categoria:Familiae animalium
Categoria:Fossilia viva
Categoria:Mammalia Africae