Round-eared Elephant Shrew Macroscelides proboscideus

Elephant Shrews, also called Sengis, are not shrews and, surprisingly, are more closely related to elephants and seacows than to shrews or rodents. There are several species, all fast, long-snouted and native to (mainly southern) Africa.

The Round-eared Elephant Shrew (formerly called Short-eared) is native to dry shrub, grassland and desert of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.

Usually solitary, they are monogamous when they pair. They eat insects and some plant material.