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Four-toed Elephant Shrew is on the checklist for Kruger National Park, but there aren't yet enough confirmed sightings logged here to show a reliable best-time-to-see pattern. Download opspoor and be one of the first to log one. Every real sighting helps build this picture for everyone planning a trip.
About the Four-toed Elephant Shrew
A small, long-nosed insectivore with slender legs, large ears and a long tail. The Four-toed Elephant Shrew inhabits woodland, savanna and dense undergrowth, where it forages along established paths for insects and other small invertebrates. It is generally solitary or occurs in pairs and relies on speed and agility to escape predators.
How to identify the Four-toed Elephant Shrew
Small, long-legged mammal with a distinctive elongated trunk-like snout, large ears, relatively large eyes, and a long tail. The coat is typically brownish or greyish above with paler underparts. It has four toes on each foot and moves rapidly through leaf litter and low vegetation.
Recent Four-toed Elephant Shrew sightings in Kruger National Park
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Other species to look for in Kruger National Park
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