What is the elephant?
The type of small mammal related to Aardvarks and Mole, the Shrew elephant lives exclusively in Africa. Because it is not a real Shrew, scientists are usually called Sengi and this term includes four families with 17 species of this animal similar to rodents. Sengi was named "Elephant Shrew" because of his long nose similar to a trunk and a similar look as Shrew. All four elephants are located in the Macroscecelididae family. The remaining four families are rhynchocyon , petrodromus , macroscelides and elephantulus . The types of rhynchocyon and petrodromus mostly live in forested areas and macroscelides and elephantulus often occur in more dry areas. Sengis is usually located where there are water and food sources throughout the year. Other animals, but animals, but in rhynchocyon create leaf nests on the forest. Breasures are generally daily, which means that they are only active in daylight. SomeHowever, species can be active both day and night. Occasionally, it can supplement its food with seeds, fruit or plant vegetables. Slochok Shrews use their long snout to search under a vegetative mess on the ground to find food. Their long languages can then get around their noses to catch food.
Territorial, elephant living in pairs, although they spend most of the time apart. However, fragrance signs determine the location of each shortened in the territory and are aggressive. If Sengi's offense is a woman, the woman pulls her out, if he is a man, he will deal with an intruder.
With the degree of pregnancy, only two months, the women's elephant Shrew will give birth four or five times a year. Newborns will remain in the nest or lair for the first three weeks of their lives before the mother to watch for the next week. After the first month the young elephants are independent but will remain on the territory of their parents for up to sixEven weeks before finding his own.
The greatest threat to elephant populations is fragmentation of forests, although they are consumed in some places as food. Since 2010 there is only a species that is considered endangered: Golden Sengi, rhynchocyon chrysopygus . Black and Rufous Sengi, Rhynchocyon Peters and gray -science Sengi, rhynchocyon udzungwensis , are considered vulnerable and/p