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Elephantulus edwardii (Cape elephant shrew) Elephantulus edwardii overview Lineage: Eukaryota[10856]; Metazoa[5115]; Chordata[2487]; Craniata[2464]; Vertebrata[2464]; Euteleostomi[2443]; Mammalia[687]; Eutheria[513]; Afrotheria[12]; Macroscelidea[1]; Macroscelididae[1]; Elephantulus[1]; Elephantulus edwardii[1]

The Cape elephant shrew (Elephantulus edwardii) is native to arid rocky habitats of southern South Africa. Elephant shrews are named for their highly mobile, elongated snouts, small body sizes, and insectivorous diets. Though they look and behave similar to the true shrews of Eurasia and North America they are actually more closely related to More...an African assemblage of mammals that includes elephants, hyraxes, aardvarks, tenrecs, and golden moles. Less...

Summary Sequence data:  genome assemblies: 2  (See  Genome Assembly and Annotation report) Statistics:  median total length (Mb): 4066.44  median protein count: 25209  median GC%: 41.1 NCBI Annotation Release:  100 Publications (limited to 20 most recent records) tRNAscan-SE: a program for improved detection of transfer RNA genes in genomic sequence. Lowe TM, et al. Nucleic Acids Res 1997 Mar 1  Representative (genome information for reference and representative genomes) Reference genome:   Elephantulus edwardii EleEdw1.0 Submitter: Broad Institute Loc Type Name RefSeq INSDC Size (Mb) GC% Protein tRNA Gene Pseudogene Un - . - 3,843.98 41.5 25,209 418 35,092 14,118 Chromosomes Click on chromosome name to open Genome Data Viewer