Tom Larson Collected Short Snouted Elephant Shrew Genus species - Nasilio b. brachyurus Family - Macroscelididae Super family - Macroscelidoidea Order - INSECTIVORA cohort - UNGUICULATA Example Specimen - KWT Mus. G.C. Shortridge, 1781, 22 Aug. 1938, Balouale, Barotseland, Alt. 3330'. HB - 115, TL-84, HF-27, Ear-19.5 Description - Head - Nose long about 1/2 inch, dark sufflish brown above, Cheeksome grey below a whitish grey. whiskers dark and very fine, a few white ones, light sufflish white behind ears, very short fine hairs on both sides of ears, Body - a cinnamon sufffly color, light suffly grey on sides, whitish grey below, slaty grey clavest. Tail - shorter than body and head, cinnamon above, whitish-grey below, gland running under tail from base to about an inch from the tip, around base of tail is a naked spot. Forefeet - 5 toes all with claws, hair on feet white; below pads dark brown, hair on legs grey, below- lighter whitish grey. Hindfeet - 5 toes with claws, 1st toe short and up on side of foot, feet whitish above, pads brown below