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Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Golden-rumped sengi
Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
Anteater-like nose is used to search for prey
Photo: Galen Rathbun

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Golden-rumped sengi
Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
Weight = 550 g.
Gedi Ruins, Kenya
Photo: Galen Rathbun

Rhynchocyon petersi Black and Rufous Sengi
Rhynchocyon petersi
Weight = 520 g
Captive from Tanzania at the Philadelphia Zoo, July 2002
Photo: Heidi Hellmuth, Philadelphia Zoo
Rhynchocyon petersi Black and Rufous Sengi
Rhynchocyon petersi
Captive mother and young foraging, July 2002
Photo: Heidi Hellmuth, Philadelphia Zoo
Rhynchocyon petersi Black and Rufous Sengi
Rhynchocyon petersi
Captive mother and young, July 2002
Photo: Heidi Hellmuth, Philadelphia Zoo
Checkered Sengi Checkered Sengi
Rhynchocyon cirnei

Weight = 500 g
Camera trap image from Matundu Forest, northern Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania.
Photo: Francesco Rovero
Checkered Sengi Checkered Sengi
Rhynchocyon cirnei

Camera trap image (Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania), possibly of a female in estrus followed by male.
Photo: Francesco Rovero
Gray-faced Sengi Gray-faced Sengi
Rhynchocyon udzungwensis
Weight = 710 g
19 March 2006, Ndundulu Forest, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Photo: Francesco Rovero
Gray-faced Sengi Gray-faced Sengi
Rhynchocyon udzungwensis
Weight = 710 g
19 March 2006, Ndundulu Forest, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Photo: Francesco Rovero
Gray-faced Sengi Gray-faced Sengi
Rhynchocyon udzungwensis
Weight = 710 g
23 March 2006, Ndundulu Forest, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
Photo: Galen Rathbun
Petrodromus tetradactylus

Four-toed sengi
Petrodromus tetradactylus
Weight = 200g
Coastal forest, Kenya
Photo: Galen Rathbun

Macroscelides proboscideus

Round-eared sengi
Macroscelides proboscideus proboscideus (dark form)
Weight = 40g
Zwartmodder Farm, Maltahohe District, Namibia
Photo: Jack Dumbacher, California Academy of Sciences

Macroscelides proboscideus Round-eared sengi
Macroscelides proboscideus flavicaudatus (light form)
Weight = 40 g.
Wlotzkasbaken, Swakopmund, Namibia
Photo: Galen Rathbun
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus

Short-snouted sengi
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
Weight: 50 g.
Mankwe Wildlife Reserve, Northwest Province , South Africa
Photo: Richard Yarnell

Elephantulus edwardii

Cape rock sengi
Elephantulus edwardii
Weight = 50 g.
Traveller’s Rest, Clanwilliam, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Photo: Galen Rathbun

Elephantulus pilicaudus

Karoo rock sengi
Elephantulus pilicaudus
Weight = 50 g.
Loxton, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Photo: Galen Rathbun

Elephantulus intufi Bushveld sengi
Elephantulus intufi
Weight = 40g.
Zwartmodder Farm, Maltahohe District, Namibia
Photo: Jack Dumbacher
Elephantulus intufi Bushveld sengi
Elephantulus intufi
Weight = 40g.
Windpoort Farm, Outjo, Namibia
Photo: Galen Rathbun
Elephantulus myurus Eastern Rock Sengi
Elephantulus myurus
Weight = 50 g.
Matopos National Park, Zimbabwe, August 1982
Photo: Tim Osborne
Elephantulus myurus Eastern Rock Sengi
Elephantulus myurus
Weight = 50 g.
Weenen Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
Photo: David Ribble
Elephantulus rozeti

North African sengi
Elephantulus rozeti
Weight: 50 g
Midlet, Morocco
Photo: G. Rathbun

Elephantulus rufescens

Rufous sengi
Elephantulus rufescens
Weight = 50g
Photo: Galen Rathbun

Elephantulus rufescens

Rufous sengi
Elephantulus rufescens
Mother and young resting on trail through leaf litter.
Kibwezi, Kenya
Photo: Galen Rathbun

Elephantulus rufescens

Rufous sengi
Elephantulus rufescens
Neonate - one day old.
Photo: Gene Maliniak, National Zoological Park

Elephantulus rupestris Western Rock sengi
Elephantulus rupestris
Weight = 50 g.
Rehoboth, Namibia
Photo: Galen Rathbun
Elephantulus rupestris Western Rock sengi
Elephantulus rupestris
Weight = 50 g.
NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia
Photo: Jack Dumbacher
Elephantulus rupestris

Western rock sengi
Elephantulus rupestris
Weight = 50 g.
Captive eating a grasshopper.
Photo: Chris and Tilde Stuart

Click here to see the gallery of photos for the newly discovered Gray Faced Sengi.

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