Rhynchocyon
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| Rhynchocyon[1] | |
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| Rhynchocyon petersi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | Macroscelididae |
| Genus: | Rhynchocyon Peters, 1847 |
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Rhynchocyon chrysopygus |
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Rhynchocyon is a genus of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. Members of this genus are known colloquially as the checkered elephant shrews.[2] It contains the following four species:
- Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew, Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
- Checkered Elephant Shrew, Rhynchocyon cirnei
- Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew, Rhynchocyon petersi
- Grey-faced Sengi, Rhynchocyon udzungwensis [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Schlitter, Duane A. (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 84-85. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ ITIS.gov
- ^ AFP: Shrew's who: New mammal enters the book of life
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