Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther 1881

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Macroscelidea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 82-85 : 84

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11340733
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scientific name	Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther 1881
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Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther 1881 View in CoL

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther 1881 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881: 164.

Type Locality: Kenya, Mombasa.

Vernacular Names: Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew.

Distribution: E Kenya.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Kingdon (1974 a:41) considered chrysopygus as a subspecies of cirnei . See Rathbun (1979, Mammalian Species, 117).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Macroscelidea
Family	Macroscelididae
Genus	Rhynchocyon

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther 1881

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Günther 1881: 164

1881

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