elephant-shrew

Scientists may yet learn more about elephant-shrew rearing behaviors and physiology from the incident.

DCist 2009

Photo of a mature black and rufous elephant-shrew used with permission under a Creative Commons license with Flickr user Smithsonian's National Zoo

DCist 2009

The staff at the National Zoo got a surprise recently when they discovered a new resident in the Mammal House, a baby giant elephant-shrew.

WFED / / 2009

And fortunately for zoogoers, the other giant elephant-shrew born to the same pair in January and introduced earlier this month appears hale and healthy.

DCist 2009

Though the National Zoo had expected and prepared for a second black and rufous giant elephant-shrew birth in as many weeks, staff grew concerned when the giant elephant-shrew appeared outside its nest three days after it was born -- nearly three weeks before it should have.

DCist 2009

The staff at the National Zoo got a surprise recently when they discovered a new resident in the Mammal House, a baby giant elephant-shrew.

WFED / / 2009

Two of the Zoo's black and rufous giant elephant-shrews, or sengis, had a little baby elephant-shrew several weeks ago, but zookeepers in the Small Mammal House only announced they discovered the animal late Friday.

DCist 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

The staff at the National Zoo got a surprise recently when they discovered a new resident in the Mammal House, a baby giant elephant-shrew.

WFED / / 2009

But on Sunday, before zoo staff could intervene, the baby elephant-shrew was killed by its mother.

DCist 2009