- kingdomAnimalia
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- ›classMammalia
- ›orderMacroscelidea
- ›familyMacroscelididae
- ›genusRhynchocyon
Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew
Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther, 1881
Also calledGoldene Rüsselhündchen (deu) · Goldenes Rüsselhündchen (deu) · Goldsteil (deu) · Goudrugolifantsspitsmuis (nld) · Goudstuitslurfhondje (nld) · Gullhalekjempesengi (nob) · Gullhalet snabelhund (nob) · Macroscélide à croupe dorée (fra) · Sengi Gigante de Rabadilla Dorada (spa) · Sengi a croupe dorée (fra) · Sengi-de-cauda-dourada (por) · bércoun zlatořitný (ces) · kultakuonokas (fin) · sorkonos złotozady (pol)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1881 p.164
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Kingdon (1974 a: 41) considered chrysopygus as a subspecies of cirnei. See Rathbun (1979, Mammalian Species, 117).
Order Macroscelidea
discussion
COMMENT: Reviewed by Rathburn, 1979, Mamm. Species, 117: 1 - 4.
Order Macroscelidea
activity
Activity patterns. Golden-rumped Sengis are fully terrestrial and exclusively diurnal. They emerge from nests just before dawn and return just before sunset. Nests are built from leaflitter piled on excavated depressions.
Macroscelididae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Semideciduous forests, woodlands, coral rag scrub, and fallow overgrown agricultural areas (closed canopies and dense leaflitter always present).
Macroscelididae
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Every page naming Rhynchocyon chrysopygus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5220103.