The Cape elephant shrew (''Elephantulus edwardii''), also known as the Cape rock elephant-shrew,Petra Wester
"Sticky snack for sengis: The Cape rock elephant-shrew, ''Elephantulus edwardii'' (Macroscelidea), as a pollinator of the Pagoda lily, ''Whiteheadia bifolia'' (Hyacinthaceae)"
''Springer-Verlag'', November 16, 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11. or Cape rock sengi, is a species of elephant shrew in the family Macroscelididae. It is endemic to South Africa, although it is a relatively common animal. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. Elephant shrews are not closely related to other species of shrews and to rodents such as mice. ''E. edwardii'' has been observed to be a non-flying mammal

pollinator A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains. Insects are the maj ...

of the pagoda lily ('' Massonia bifolia''). Elephant shrews are floral pollinators due to their largely insectivorous diet. Elephant-shrews are pollinators of Hyobanche atropurpurea. It uses its long slender tongue to feed on the pagoda lily's nectar while getting the lily's pollen on its long nose. ''E. edwardii'' is also a pollinator of ''

Protea sulphurea ''Protea sulphurea'', also known as the sulphur sugarbush, is a flowering plant of the genus ''Protea'' in the family Proteaceae, which is only known to grow in the wild in the Western Cape province of South Africa. A vernacular name for the pla ...

''.Kühn, N., Midgley, J. & Steenhuisen, S.-L. (2017). Reproductive biology of three co-occurring, primarily small-mammal pollinated Protea species (Proteaceae). ''South African Journal of Botany''. 113: 337-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2017.08.020.

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Endemic fauna of South Africa Elephant shrews Mammals of South Africa Mammals described in 1839 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{macroscelidea-stub