CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMALS 

 MENTIONED IN THIS BOOK 1 



Order: INSECTIVORA 



Animals with teeth adapted to an insectivorous diet. The 

 molars have sharp projecting cusps and the canines are small and 

 weak. 



Family : MACROSCELIDID.E 



(The Jumping or Elephant Shrews) 



Small animals with stout bodies, large heads and ears; trunk- 

 like snouts, large bright eyes ; long hind limbs, short forelegs ; 

 long tails sparsely clothed with hair'. Kangaroo-like in shape 

 and attitude. 



Colour of fur on back of varying shades of reddish and sandy 

 brown, under parts white. 



Skull with large brain case ; tympanic bulla swollen ; jugal 

 bone imperfect. Molar teeth are broad and have cusps arranged 

 like the letter W. 



The family is confined to Africa. 



South African species 



1. Macroscelides proboscideus, Shaw. Cape Jumping Shrew. 



2. Macroscelides melanotis, Ogilby. Black-eared Jumping Shrew. 



1. Elephantulus rupestris typicus, A. Smith. Rock Elephant 



Shrew. 



2. Elephantulus rupestris myurus, Thos. and Schw. P.Z.S., 1906, 



p. 586. 



3. Elephantulus rupestris jamesoni, Chubb. Ann. Trans. Mus., i. 



No. 3, p. 181 (1909). 



4. Elephantulus intufi, A. Smith. The Pale Elephant Shrew. 



5. Elephantulus edwardsi, A. Smith. P.Z.S., 1904. 



1 I am indebted to Mr. M.A.C. Hinton of the British Museum (Natural 

 Hiitory} for his kindness in revising the Classification. 



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