Black and Rufous Sengi Rhynchocyon petersi

Sengis, also called Elephant Shrews, 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 Black and Rufous Sengi is native to small and fragmented areas of forests in the mountains of Tanzania, East Africa.

They use their long, flexible snouts to find insects under leaf litter.

They form monogamous pairs. Although conservation breeding has changed their status from vulnerable to least concern, the population is in decline again through forest fragmentation and degradation by human activities.