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title: "Eastern Rock Sengi"
description: "Elephantulus myurus — Mammals. The eastern rock sengi or eastern rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus myurus) is a species of sengi in the family Macroscelididae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eastern-rock-sengi
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Rock Sengi

> Elephantulus myurus — Mammals. The eastern rock sengi or eastern rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus myurus) is a species of sengi in the family Macroscelididae.

- Scientific name: *Elephantulus myurus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 230
- Wikidata: [Q1768481](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768481)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43213](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43213)

## Names

- en: Eastern Rock Sengi
- de: Östliche Klippen-Elefantenspitzmaus
- es: Sengi del Oriente de África Austral
- nl: Oostelijke rotssengi

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (101), ZW (29), BW (5)

## Summary

The eastern rock sengi or eastern rock elephant shrew (Elephantulus myurus) is a species of sengi in the family Macroscelididae. It is found in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and rocky areas. Their foraging habitat mainly consists of rocky areas, and they prefer to eat insects.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_rock_sengi

## Photo

![Eastern Rock Sengi](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-rock-sengi/medium.jpg)

Photo: rosshawkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/378478186

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-rock-sengi?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).