sengi

A new species of elephant shrew, or sengi, is also the largest known.

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

"The newcomer, dubbed Rhynchocyon udzungwensis, stands head and shoulders above his cousins, weighing in at a massive 700 grammes (1.5 pounds), about 25 percent larger than any other known sengi."

Archive 2008-01-01 2008

With orange-and-gray fur and a long snout, the gray-faced giant sengi is 25 percent heavier than any previously known elephant shrew, making it the size of a small rabbit.

A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

The golden-rumped elephant shrew or sengi (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus, EN) is endemic to the coastal forests Kenya north of Mombasa.

Biological diversity in the coastal forests of Eastern Africa 2008

The bizarre-looking creature, dubbed Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, is a type of giant elephant shrew, or sengi.

Archive 2008-01-01 Dave 2008

If it is a new species, that would make 18 species of sengi in the family Macroscelididae

The Conservation Report Buck 2010

The newly captured animal is a type of giant sengi, which have patterned coats and other distinct features from the smaller sengis.

The Conservation Report Buck 2010

(02 / 01 / 2008) More than a quarter larger than all of its relations, the Grey-faced sengi

Mongabay.com News 2009

The photos of this mysterious giant elephant-shrew were sent to expert Dr. Galen Rathbun, who has studied the sengi (or elephant-shrew) for over thirty years; after examiining the photos he believed that the animal's unique coloring proved it was an unknown species.

Mongabay.com News 2009

(02 / 01 / 2008) More than a quarter larger than all of its relations, the Grey-faced sengi

Mongabay.com News 2009