The Zoochat Photographic Guide to the Afrotheria

[TeaLovingDave]

Petrosaltator


North African Sengi (Petrosaltator rozeti)

The range of this species extends throughout North Africa, from Morocco through Algeria and Tunisia to Libya.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. r. rozeti
P. r. deserti

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Elephantulus


Rufous Sengi (Elephantulus rufescens)

The range of this species extends across much of east-central Africa, from eastern Ethiopia south through Kenya and Somalia into Tanzania.

Six subspecies recognised:

E. r. rufescens
E. r. boranus
E. r. dundasi
E. r. peasei
E. r. pulcher - photo by @Tomek

E. r. somalicus


Somali Sengi (Elephantulus revoilli)

Endemic to northern Somalia.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Dusky-footed Sengi (Elephantulus fuscipes)

The range of this species extends from southern South Sudan into Uganda and northeast DRC.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Short-snouted Sengi (Elephantulus brachyrhynchus)

The range of this species extends across much of central and southern Africa south of the Congo Basin, from Uganda and Kenya south to northeast South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Dusky Sengi (Elephantulus fuscus)

The range of this species extends across southern Malawi and adjacent central Mozambique.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Bushveldt Sengi (Elephantulus intufi)

The range of this species extends across much of southwest Africa, from southwest Angola, through Namibia, Botswana and northern South Africa, into the extreme south of Zimbabwe.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Western Rock Sengi (Elephantulus rupestris)

The range of this species extends across the western coastline of southern Africa, from western Namibia to western and southern South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Eastern Rock Sengi (Elephantulus myurus)

The range of this species extends across much of southeast Africa, from Zimbabwe and western Mozambique into northern Swaziland and northern, central and eastern South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Cape Rock Sengi (Elephantulus edwardii)

Endemic to the Cape provinces of South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.


Karoo Rock Sengi (Elephantulus pilicaudus)

Endemic to the Upper and Lower Karoo of South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

ORYCTEROPODIDAE


This family comprises a single genus.

Orycteropus - Aardvark (monotypic)

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Orycteropus


Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

The range of this species extends throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Up to seventeen subspecies have been proposed:

O. a. afer
O. a. adametzi
O. a. aethiopicus
O. a. angolensis
O. a. erikssoni
O. a. faradjius
O. a. haussanus
O. a. kordofanicus
O. a. lademanni
O. a. leptodon
O. a. matschiei
O. a. observandus
O. a. ruvanensis
O. a. senegalensis
O. a. somalicus
O. a. wardi
O. a. wertheri

Photo by @Tim May

 

[birdsandbats]

Sounds like we really need photos of golden moles.

 

[Hipporex]

Orycteropus


Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

The range of this species extends throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Up to seventeen subspecies have been proposed:

O. a. afer
O. a. adametzi
O. a. aethiopicus
O. a. angolensis
O. a. erikssoni
O. a. faradjius
O. a. haussanus
O. a. kordofanicus
O. a. lademanni
O. a. leptodon
O. a. matschiei
O. a. observandus
O. a. ruvanensis
O. a. senegalensis
O. a. somalicus
O. a. wardi
O. a. wertheri

Photo by @Tim May

Stealing my idea I see?! I spent coutless hours working on that Tubulidentata thread so to see it stolen is heartbreaking!

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Bronx has ruvanensis imported directly from Tanzania. A couple European zoos appear to as well and I'd imagine a handful of other US zoos would (such as whomever has Bronx bred animals).

~Thylo

 

[Tim May]

Golden-rumped Sengi (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus)

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

I've just added pictures of this species to the Frankfurt Zoo gallery.

Golden-rumped elephant shrew; Frankfurt; early 1990s - ZooChat

Golden-rumped elephant shrew; Frankfurt; early 1990s - ZooChat

 

[Jungle Man]

Dendrohyrax




Eastern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax validus)

The range of this species is restricted to patchy distribution in upland and forested regions of Tanzania and coastal south Kenya.

Two subspecies recognised:

D. v. validus
D. v. neumanni

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

I found a photograph that is in Prague zoo and says it's an eastern tree hyrax.Eastern Tree Hyrax and African Brush-tailed Porcupine - Prague Zoo, July 20 - ZooChat

 

[lintworm]

I found a photograph that is in Prague zoo and says it's an eastern tree hyrax.Eastern Tree Hyrax and African Brush-tailed Porcupine - Prague Zoo, July 20 - ZooChat

Those are Southern tree hyraxes.

I had noted above that the Southern tree hyraxes from Tanzania and around Nairobi look very different than the Southern tree hyraxes currently in Europe, but the Tree hyraxes from the Aberdare area look exactly like the ones in Europe.

 

[AWP]

Naturalis has a taxidermed Hottentot Golden Mole (Amblysomus hottentotus) on display.

 

[WalkingAgnatha]

O. a. afer
O. a. adametzi
O. a. aethiopicus
O. a. angolensis
O. a. erikssoni
O. a. faradjius
O. a. haussanus
O. a. kordofanicus
O. a. lademanni
O. a. leptodon
O. a. matschiei
O. a. observandus
O. a. ruvanensis
O. a. senegalensis
O. a. somalicus
O. a. wardi
O. a. wertheri

As a question do you know what differentiates the 17 subspecies and if there's any pure subspecies in zoos? If so which and where?

 

[ThylacineAlive]

As a question do you know what differentiates the 17 subspecies and if there's any pure subspecies in zoos? If so which and where?

Well as @TeaLovingDave mentioned these are merely proposed subspecies and I don't think nay definitive research has gone into evaluating them. I know some sources consider the Aardvark monotypic. As for your second question, the Bronx Zoo as well as some European zoos have imported at least some of their animals from Tanzania, though I believe multiple subspecies have been described from the same exact regions within the country!

~Thylo

 

[Chlidonias]

I would have thought that the supposed subspecies were based primarily or solely on distribution, but Kingdon (who seems to treat the species as monotypic) says that they have been "based primarily on colour, size and degree of frontal inflation", but that "the scarcity of material makes it difficult to determine the status or the limits of distribution of subspecies".

 

[amur leopard]

Giant Golden Mole (Chrysospalax trevelyani)

Endemic to southeast South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

Four-toed Sengi (Petrodromus tetradactylus)

The range of this species extends across much of central and eastern Africa, from the southeast Congo Basin through Tanzania and Mozambique to northeast South Africa.

Petrosaltator


North African Sengi (Petrosaltator rozeti)

The range of this species extends throughout North Africa, from Morocco through Algeria and Tunisia to Libya.

Two subspecies recognised:

P. r. rozeti
P. r. deserti

No photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

Have uploaded pics of these three to the gallery, although they are all taxidermies. Not sure if that is applicable for this particular thread...

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Yeah, I've been using taxidermy specimens for this particular thread - unusually

 

[amur leopard]

Eastern Rock Sengi (Elephantulus myurus)

The range of this species extends across much of southeast Africa, from Zimbabwe and western Mozambique into northern Swaziland and northern, central and eastern South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

As well as this lovely image of an Eastern rock sengi by @wstefan :

Eastern rock elephant shrew or eastern rock sengi (Elephantulus myurus) - ZooChat

 

[Giant Eland]

Chrysochloris


Cape Golden Mole (Chrysochloris asiatica)

Endemic to western South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

Hmm no photographs you say? Not for long

 

[Austin the Sengi]

Cape Rock Sengi (Elephantulus edwardii)

Endemic to the Cape provinces of South Africa.

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

A recent image provided by @gentle lemur now fulfills the previous lack of photographs. With the following image, it is the first media representation of this species on ZooChat:



Elephantulus edwardii

 

[Austin the Sengi]

Elephantulus


Rufous Sengi (Elephantulus rufescens)

The range of this species extends across much of east-central Africa, from eastern Ethiopia south through Kenya and Somalia into Tanzania.

Six subspecies recognised:

E. r. rufescens
E. r. boranus
E. r. dundasi
E. r. peasei
E. r. pulcher - photo by @Tomek

E. r. somalicus


Somali Sengi (Elephantulus revoilli)

Endemic to northern Somalia

Monotypic; no photographs of this species are present in the Zoochat gallery.

Galegeeska rufescens (peasei)


Galegeeska revoilii

These photos were taken by the one and only user “Giant Eland”, who recently captured these images in the wilds of Ethiopia and Djibouti respectively.