Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macroscelidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Ordo: Macroscelidea

Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Rhynchocyoninae
Genus: Rhynchocyon
Species: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
Subspecies (2): R. c. chrysopygus – R. c. mandelai

Name

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther, 1881: 164

• Lectotype: BMNH 80.11.30.7, skin and skull, presented by Kirk. [designated by Thomas (1918: 370)]
• Type locality: “River Mombaca [=Mombasa]”, Kenya.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1881. Notes on the species of Rhynchocyon and Petrodromus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 49(1): 163–164. BHL
• Thomas, O. 1918. Notes on Petrodromus and Rhynchocyon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 1(5): 364–370. BHL

Additional references

• Corbet, G.B. & Hanks, J. 1968. A revision of the elephant-shrews, family Macroscelididae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 16(2): 45–111. BHL
• Agwanda, B.R., Rovero, F., Lawson, L.P., Vernesi, C. & Amin, R. 2021. A new subspecies of giant sengi (Macroscelidea: Rhynchocyon) from coastal Kenya. Zootaxa 4948(2): 245–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.2.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Rhynchocyon chrysopygus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• FitzGibbon, C. & Rathbun, G.B. 2015. IUCN: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T19705A21287265. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T19705A21287265.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Goldene Rüsselhündchen
Ελληνικά: Χρυσή Υλακομέγαιρα
English: Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew
日本語: コシキハネジネズミ

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