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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER MACROSCELIDEA
--> FAMILY Macroscelididae
--> GENUS Rhynchocyon
SPECIES Rhynchocyon cirnei
| Author: | Peters, 1847. | | Citation: | Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 12: 37. | | Common Name: | Checkered Elephant Shrew | | Type Locality: | Mozambique, Bororo Dist., Quelimane. | | Distribution: | N Mozambique; Malawi, S and SW Tanzania, NE Zambia, N and E Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda. | | Status: | IUCN – Not Evaluated as R. c. cirnei and R. c. hendersoni; otherwise Vulnerable. | | Comments: | 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). |
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