Rhynchocyon

Taxobox


image_caption = "Rhynchocyon petersi"
name = "Rhynchocyon"MSW3 Schlitter | pages = 84-85]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Macroscelidea
familia = Macroscelididae
genus = "Rhynchocyon"
genus_authority = Peters, 1847
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Rhynchocyon chrysopygus"
"Rhynchocyon cirnei"
"Rhynchocyon petersi"
"Rhynchocyon udzungwensis"

"Rhynchocyon" is a genus of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family. It contains the following species:
*Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew, "Rhynchocyon chrysopygus"
*Checkered Elephant Shrew, "Rhynchocyon cirnei"
*Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew, "Rhynchocyon petersi"
*Grey-faced Sengi, "Rhynchocyon udzungwensis" [ [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOZBW8DMT3rHIv5uyWjQHU30edVw AFP: Shrew's who: New mammal enters the book of life] ]

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