Rhynchocyon petersi

du Bocage, 1880

Black-and-rufous Sengi

Identified by Galen Rathbun. Also as Black-and-rufous Elephant-shrew|Peters's Sengi|Peters's Elephant-shrew|Zanj Sengi|Zanj Elephant-shrew.
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Location:USA, PA, Philadelphia co., Philadelphia ZooDate taken:Jun 14, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3778

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

Bocage, J.V.B. du. 1880-02. Notice sur une nouvelle espéce du genre Rhynchocyon, Peters. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes (1)7(27):159-161.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16210560

Original name as described

Rhynchocyon Petersi

Other common names

Black-and-rufous Elephant-shrew · Peters's Sengi · Peters's Elephant-shrew · Zanj Sengi · Zanj Elephant-shrew

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Zanzibar, " Tanzania. Restricted by G. Dollman in 1912 to "East Africa, Zanzibar being used in the original description for the whole district and not for the island."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000462

Country distribution map

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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: 12 names and synonyms.

Rhynchocyon Petersi

du Bocage, 1880

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

petersi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16210560

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Bocage (1880:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16210560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68970)
  2. Trouessart (1880:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
  3. Günther (1881:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30759285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67409)
  4. Pagenstecher (1885:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67738)
  5. Thomas (1890:444, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31014645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35263)
  6. Noack (1891:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)
  7. Filhol (1892:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31964913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71464)
  8. Matschie (1895:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  9. Trouessart (1904:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  10. Allen & Loveridge (1927:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)
  11. Swynnerton & Hayman (1951:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35358)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1980:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1991:212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  14. Schlitter (1993:830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69030)
  15. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  20. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19708/21286959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhyncocyon Petersi

Filhol, 1892

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

petersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31964833

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

Filhol (1892:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31964833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71469)

Rhynchocyon petersi fischeri

O. R. Neumann, 1900

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

fischeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

543

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10197817

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Rhynchocyon petersi usambarae

O. R. Neumann, 1900

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

usambarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

542

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10197816

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Rhynchocyon adersi

Dollman, 1912

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

adersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/31ccb407-e6de-4245-8103-c3cad05089b3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f1c350f5-aa5d-4d93-b47f-a3411bbf4b7a

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15618327

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Rhynchocyon petersi petersi

G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1927

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

petersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

414

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen & Loveridge (1927:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)
  2. Swynnerton & Hayman (1951:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35358)
  3. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Rhinonax adersi

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

adersi

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)

Rhinonax petersi

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

petersi

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)

Rhinonax petersi petersi

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

petersi

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)

Rhinonax petersi fischeri

(G. M. Allen, 1939)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

fischeri

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)

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