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Rhynchocyon cirnei  Peters, 1847
Taxonomic Serial No.: 584925

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Checkered Elephant Shrew [English]
 
    Chequered Sengi [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderMacroscelidea Butler, 1956 – Elephant Shrews  
                                  FamilyMacroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                     SubfamilyRhynchocyoninae  – giant sengis  
                                        GenusRhynchocyon Peters, 1847 – Checkered Elephant Shrews  
                                           SpeciesRhynchocyon cirnei Peters, 1847 – Checkered Elephant Shrew, Chequered Sengi  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei cirnei Peters, 1847  
                                              Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei hendersoni Thomas, 1902  
                                              Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei macrurus Günther, 1881  
                                              Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei reichardi Reichenow, 1886  
                                              Subspecies Rhynchocyon cirnei shirensis Corbet and Hanks, 1968  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Duane A. Schlitter  
  Notes: Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843, dschlitter@wfscgate.tamu.edu   
  Reference for: Rhynchocyon cirnei    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Heritage, S. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Macroscelididae (Sengis)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos   
  Page(s): 206-234   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-084   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhynchocyon cirnei, Chequered Sengi [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Rhynchocyon cirnei   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhynchocyon cirnei, Checkered Elephant Shrew [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Rhynchocyon cirnei, Checkered Elephant Shrew [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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