Four-toed elephant shrew or sengi Petrodromus tetradactylus
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Sengi
//ˈsɛŋɡi//
Synonyms for "sengi" (3 found)
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45 translations across 33 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- klaasneus noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Belarusian
1 entries- слановыя землярыйкі noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Bulgarian
1 entries- слонска земеровка noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Catalan
1 entries- musaranya elefant noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 象鼩 noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Czech
1 entries- bércoun noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Danish
2 entries- elefantspringmus noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- springspidsmus noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Dutch
1 entries- springspitsmuis noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Finnish
3 entries- hyppypäästäinen noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- kuonokas noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- sengi noun (former monetary unit of Zaire)
French
1 entries- musaraigne à trompe noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Galician
1 entries- macroscelídeo noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Georgian
1 entries- ხტუნიასებრნი noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
German
1 entries- Rüsselspringer noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Hungarian
1 entries- elefántcickány-félék noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Indonesian
2 entries- celurut gajah noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- celurut lompat noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Italian
1 entries- toporagno elefante noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Japanese
1 entries- 跳地鼠 noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Kazakh
1 entries- секіргіштер noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Kongo
2 entries- sengi noun (former monetary unit of Zaire)
- senki noun (former monetary unit of Zaire)
Korean
1 entries- 코끼리땃쥐 noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Maltese
1 entries- senġi noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- elefantspissmus noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- springspissmus noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- elefantspissmus noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- springspissmus noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Polish
4 entries- długouszek noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- ryjkonos noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- ryjoskoczek noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- sengi noun (former monetary unit of Zaire)
Portuguese
2 entries- macroscelídeo noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- musaranho-elefante noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Romanian
1 entries- șoarece elefant noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Russian
2 entries- слоно́вая землеро́йка noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
- слоновые землеройки noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Spanish
1 entries- musaraña elefante noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Swahili
1 entries- sengi noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Swedish
1 entries- springnäbbmöss noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Thai
1 entries- หนูผีช้าง noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Turkish
1 entries- fil faresi noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chuột chù voi noun (Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
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The order formerly known as Insectivora included solenodons; shrews; moles and desmans; hedgehogs and moonrats or gymnures; golden moles, tenrecs, and otter shrews; and sengis or elephant shrews.
Source: wiktionary
Sengis feed on insects and other animal and plant material. […] Young sengis are highly precocial at birth—they will forage 1 day after birth[…].
Source: wiktionary
Like small African antelopes, sengis spend their life exposed to the elements while relying on disruptive coloration to act as camouflage from the plethora of African predators.
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