Dusky sengi
Elephantulus fuscus (Peters, 1852)
The dusky sengi (Elephantulus fuscus) is a species in the family Macroscelididae, order Macroscelidea. Recorded adults weigh about 52.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
Quick facts about the dusky sengi
- Weight
- 52.6 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the dusky sengi live?
Not recorded
What is the dusky sengi?
The dusky sengi or dusky elephant shrew (Elephantulus fuscus) is a species of sengi in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
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Is the dusky sengi endangered?
The dusky sengi is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.
How is the dusky sengi classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderMacroscelidea
- familyMacroscelididae
- genusElephantulus
- SpeciesElephantulus fuscus (Peters, 1852)
Synonyms Macroscelides fuscus
Other names and names in other languages (16)
- Dusky elephant shrewEnglish
- Dusky elephant shrewEnglish
- Dusky elephant shrewEnglish
- Dusky elephant-shrewEnglish
- Dusky elephant-shrewEnglish
- Musaranya elefant del ZambesiCatalan
- bércoun hnědýCzech
- Dunkle ElefantenspitzmausGerman
- Ελεφαντομέγαιρο του ΖαμπέσιGreek
- Sengi OscuroSpanish
- tummakuonokasFinnish
- クロハネジネズミJapanese
- ZambesisengiNorwegian Bokmål
- ZambesielefantspissmusNorwegian Bokmål
- ryjoskoczek ciemnyPolish
- Замбезийский прыгунчикRussian
Relatives of the dusky sengi
Other species in the same genus Elephantulus.
Eastern rock sengi
Elephantulus myurus
Bushveld sengi
Elephantulus intufi
Western rock sengi
Elephantulus rupestris
Short-snouted sengi
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
Cape rock sengi
Elephantulus edwardii
Dusky-footed sengi
Elephantulus fuscipes
CompareDusky sengi vs Eastern rock sengiDusky sengi vs Bushveld sengiDusky sengi vs Western rock sengiDusky sengi vs Short-snouted sengi
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the dusky sengi?
An adult dusky sengi weighs 52.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the dusky sengi endangered?
The dusky sengi is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
What kind of animal is the dusky sengi?
The dusky sengi (Elephantulus fuscus) belongs to the family Macroscelididae in the order Macroscelidea.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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