Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia
Cladus: Afroinsectivora
Ordo: Macroscelidea
Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Macroscelidinae
Tribus: Macroscelidini
Genus: Galegeeska
Species:Galegeeska revoilii
Name
Galegeeska revoilii (Huet, 1881)
Combinations
Elephantulus revoilii Huet, 1881 [original combination]
References
Primary references
Heritage, S.; Rayaleh, H.; Awaleh, D.G. & Rathbun, G.B. 2020. New records of a lost species and a geographic range expansion for sengis in the Horn of Africa. PeerJ 8: e9652. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9652
Links
Galegeeska revoilii in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Galegeeska revoilii (Data Deficient)
Vernacular names
català: Musaranya elefant de Somàlia
Ελληνικά: Ελεφαντομέγαιρα της Σομαλίας
English: Somali Elephant Shrew
The Somali elephant shrew or Somali sengi (Galegeeska revoilii) is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae.
Habitat
Its natural habitat is arid and semiarid desert with rocky substrates and sparse shrubs. In some parts of Somalia, the Somali sengi and rufous sengi (G. rufescens) may be locally sympatric. It is found in the northern Horn of Africa; it was formerly thought to be exclusively endemic to Somalia, but a 2020 sighting also indicates they are found in Djibouti and potentially Ethiopia.
Classification
It was formerly classified in the genus Elephantulus, but a 2020 study found it to be the sister taxon of the clade containing the genera Petrodromus and Petrosaltator; and the genus Galegeeska was coined for it.[3]
Disappearance and rediscovery
The Somali sengi was among the 25 "most wanted lost" species that were the focus of Global Wildlife Conservation's “Search for Lost Species” initiative.[4] On 18 August 2020, 50 years after it was last seen and recorded, it was announced that a population had been found in Djibouti, the first documented since 1968.[5][6][7]
References
Schlitter, D.A. (2005). "Order Macroscelidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Rathbun, G.B. (2017) [errata version of 2015 assessment]. "Elephantulus revoilii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T7137A117060302. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
Heritage, S.; Rayaleh, H.; Awaleh, D.G.; Rathbun, G.B. (2020). "New records of a lost species and a geographic range expansion for sengis in the Horn of Africa". PeerJ. 8: e9652. doi:10.7717/peerj.9652. PMC 7441985. PMID 32879790.
"The Search for Lost Species". Global Wildlife Conservation.
Carrington, Damian (18 August 2020). "Tiny elephant shrew species, missing for 50 years, rediscovered". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
Helen Briggs: Elephant shrew rediscovered in Africa after 50 years, on: BBC news, 18 August 2020
Enrico de Lazaro: Scientists Rediscover Long-Lost Species of Mammal: Somali Sengi, on: sci-news, 20 August 2020
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