They eat insects, in particular ants. These shrews are also able to catch grasshoppers and similar insects. On the cheetah scale, they are 3 times faster than a cheetah. The shrew is NOT related to rodents at all.
(*) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushveld_elephant_shrew
(*) https://animalia.bio/bushveld-elephant-shrew
(*) https://namibian.org/nature/mammals/insect-eaters/bushveld-elephant-shrew
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and hot deserts. Even though they live as single pairs, the bushveld elephant shrew experiences weak pair bonds.
Sources:
(*) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushveld_elephant_shrew
(*) https://animalia.bio/bushveld-elephant-shrew
(*) https://namibian.org/nature/mammals/insect-eaters/bushveld-elephant-shrew