Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

A. Günther, 1881

Golden-rumped Sengi

Side view of captive. Also as Golden-rumped Elephant-shrew, Golden-rumped Giant Sengi, Yellow-rumped Sengi, Yellow-rumped Elephant-shrew.
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Location:Kenya, Kilifi county (former Coast province) Malindi, Gedi RuinsDate taken:1 January 1972Description:Side view of captive. Also as Golden-rumped Elephant-shrew, Golden-rumped Giant Sengi, Yellow-rumped Sengi, Yellow-rumped Elephant-shrew.

Distribution :

E Kenya.

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Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Atlantogenata
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Subfamily: Rhynchocyoninae
Genus: Rhynchocyon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Günther, A. 1881-06. Notes on the species of Rhynchocyon and Petrodromus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881(1):163-164.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759285

Original name as described

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Other common names

Golden-rumped Elephant-shrew · Golden-rumped Giant Sengi · Yellow-rumped Sengi · Yellow-rumped Elephant-shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1880.11.30.7

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dd561670-2c36-4c98-b320-849b304346b0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1f40e3a-b5ae-4267-87ba-c74d098e1ca7

Type locality

"on the river Mombaca [= Mombasa], " Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000460

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

A. Günther, 1881

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

chrysopygus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.11.30.7

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

on the river Mombaca

Type locality

Kenya.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dd561670-2c36-4c98-b320-849b304346b0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e1f40e3a-b5ae-4267-87ba-c74d098e1ca7

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759285

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Günther (1881:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67409)
Trouessart (1904:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Corbet & Hill (1980:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Schlitter (1993:830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69030)
Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19705/21287265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhinonax chrysopygus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

chrysopygus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781982

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2781982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Rhynchocyon cirnei chrysopygus:

Kingdon, 1981

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

chrysopygus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority publication

African Journal of Ecology

Name usages

Kingdon (1981:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35935)

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus mandelai

Agwanda, Rovero, L. P. Lawson, Vernesi, & Amin, 2021

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

mandelai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KNM 169427

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mangai patch of Boni forest, Lamu County, northern coastal Kenya. The exact site is a forest patch surrounded by a mix of thickets and woodland (1.751°S, 41.172°E; WGS 84) at 10 m a.s.l. This location is ~150 m north-east of Mangai village and < 20 km south of the Kenya-Somalia border (Figure 1).

Type locality

Kenya: 1°45′4″S, 41°10′19″E.

Authority page

252

Authority publication

Zootaxa

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