A new species of giant sengi or elephant-shrew (genus Rhynchocyon) highlights the exceptional biodiversity of the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-133

  Rovero, F ^a   Rathbun, G B ^b   Perkin, A ^c,d   Jones, T ^e   Ribble, D O ^f   Leonard, C ^d   Mwakisoma, R R ^d   Doggart, N ^d  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Tanzania Forest Conservation Group   (Tanzania)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Arc Mountains; Elephant shrew; Macroscelidea; New species; Rhynchocyon udzungwensis; Sengi; Tanzania; Udzungwa Mountains

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL MAMMAL; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN ARC MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS;

AFROTHERIA; MACROSCELIDEA; MAMMALIA; RHYNCHOCYON;

EID: 38549171262     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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