Elephant shrew

Elephant Shrew

Elephant Shrew What they look like: Elephant-shrews are more closely related to aardvarks, sea cows, and elephants than they are to shrews. They have long, furry noses. An Elephant-Shrew has a dark head, a light brown neck, darkish stomach and a dark backside.

Habitat: Elephant-shrews live in South African forests, Desert, boulder-strewn outcrops in South Africa and also thick forests. North African Elephant-Shrew’s, remain in the semi-arid, mountainous country in the far north-west of the continent of Africa.






Eating Habits: Elephant-shrews eat mainly invertebrates, such as insects, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and earthworms. An elephant-shrew uses its long nose to find prey and uses its tongue to flick small food into its mouth, much like an anteater.






Interesting Fact:Elephant shrews are not actuly shrews. Recent evidence suggests that they are more related to a group of African mammals that includes hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, aardvarks, golden moles, and tenrecs.
By Brenton Gr 5