- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderMacroscelidea
- ›familyMacroscelididae
- ›genusRhynchocyon
Checkered Elephant Shrew
Rhynchocyon cirnei Peters, 1847
Also calledDamalı fil faresi (tur) · Flekkjempesengi (nob) · Flekksnabelhund (nob) · Geflecktes Russelhiindchen (deu) · Geflecktes Rüsselhündchen (deu) · Gevlekt Slurfhondje (nld) · Macroscélide de Cirne (fra) · Sengi Gigante Estriado (spa) · Sengi de Cirne (fra) · Sengi de cuadros (spa) · Sengi-gigante-quadriculado (por) · bércoun skvrnitý (ces) · sorkonos plamisty (pol) · täpläkuonokas (fin)
First described in: Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin vol.12 p.37
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei subsp. cirnei Peters 1847 Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei subsp. hendersoni Thomas 1902 Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei subsp. macrurus Günther 1881 Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei subsp. reichardi Reichenow 1886 Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei subsp. shirensis Corbet and Hanks 1968 Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei subsp. stuhlmanni Matschie 1893
Order Macroscelidea
conservation
Conservation: IUCN – Not Evaluated as R. c. cirnei and R. c. hendersoni; otherwise Vulnerable.
Order Macroscelidea
discussion
Discussion: Six isolated forest-inhabiting subspecies are recognized by Corbet and Hanks (1968: 57) and Corbet (1974: 2). Includes stuhlmanni, which could be a distinct species according to Corbet and Hanks (1968: 63).
Order Macroscelidea
distribution
Distribution: N Mozambique; Malawi, S and SW Tanzania, NE Zambia, N and E Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda.
Order Macroscelidea
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Every page naming Rhynchocyon cirnei in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5220104.