Author: | Bocage, 1880. |
Citation: | J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 1, 7: 159. |
Common Name: | Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew |
Type Locality: | Tanzania, mainland opposite Zanzibar. |
Distribution: | E Tanzania (including Mafia and Zanzibar); SE Kenya. |
Status: | IUCN – Endangered. |
Comments: | Two subspecies are listed by Corbet and Hanks (1968:64) and Corbet (1974:2). Kingdon (1974a:41) considered petersi a subspecies of cirnei. |
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