Rhynchocyon petersi Bocage 1880

Rhynchocyon petersi Bocage 1880, J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 1, 7: 159.

Type Locality: Tanzania, mainland opposite Zanzibar.

Vernacular Names: Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Rhynchocyon petersi subsp. petersi Bocage 1880

Subspecies Rhynchocyon petersi subsp. adersi Dollman 1912

Distribution: E Tanzania (including Mafia and Zanzibar); SE Kenya.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Two subspecies are listed by Corbet and Hanks (1968:64) and Corbet (1974:2). Kingdon (1974 a:41) considered petersi a subspecies of cirnei .