Rhynchocyon chrysopygus 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 Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Macroscelidea

Familia: Macroscelididae
Subfamilia: Rhynchocyoninae
Genus: Rhynchocyon
Species: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
Subspecies: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus chrysopygus

Name

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus 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

• 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.