Photo: Largest Elephant Shrew Discovered in Africa

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The newly discovered gray-faced sengi is the world's largest known elephant shrew, scientists announced today.

The insect-eating mammal is up to 8.3 inches (21 centimeters) longer, counting the tail, and 25 to 50 percent heavier than any other elephant shrew species, researchers say.

Photograph courtesy California Academy of Sciences

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