Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Günther, 1881

Golden-rumped Sengi

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

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881, 164

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://www.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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

Günther, 1881

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

chrysopygus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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

Authority page

164

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19705/21287265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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

Authority page

252

Authority publication

Zootaxa

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