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A bibliography of elephant‐shrews or sengis (Macroscelidea)
Author(s) -
Rathbun Galen B.,
Woodall Peter F.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
mammal review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.574
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2907
pISSN - 0305-1838
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2907.2002.00092.x
Subject(s) - ornithology , library science , computer science , biology , ecology , southern hemisphere
The phylogenetic relationships of the elephant-shrews or sengis, a purely African order of small mammals, have long been uncertain (Patterson 1965). In the past they have been allied to many other mammalian orders, but recently it has been suggested that they are best placed in the superorder Afrotheria, along with elephants, sea cows, hyraxes, aardvark, golden moles and tenrecs (Hedges 2001). These taxonomic proposals have brought additional attention to sengis. While many aspects of their biology have been studied in the past, this information is scattered in a range of different publications and formats and a significant amount was published before the start of electronically searchable databases such as Zoological Record. To help mammalogists obtain information on this group, we have collected references to publications on all aspects of their biology, from both popular and technical sources. This database is now available in a web-based, searchable bibliography of 750 citations, extending from pre-1800 to early 2001.