Rhynchocyon stuhlmanni

Matschie, 1893

White-tailed 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

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1893. Derselbe sprach alsdann über zwei von Schreber beschriebene Affen und über einige anscheinend neue Säugethiere von Afrika. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1893:60-67.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795740

Original name as described

Rhynchocyon stuhlmanni

Other common names

White-tailed Elephant-shrew · Stuhlmann's Sengi · Stuhlmann's Elephant-shrew

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Andunde (Bundundi) Semliki River, west of Ruwenzori, Congo Belge (about 0°40'N 29°40'E, near the Semliki River, North-Kivu Province, DR Congo).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Central African Republic?

Taxonomy notes

split from R. cirnei

Taxonomy notes citation

Carlen, E. J., Rathbun, G. B., Olson, L. E., Sabuni, C. A., Stanley, W. T., & Dumbacher, J. P. (2017). Reconstructing the molecular phylogeny of giant sengis (Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae; Rhynchocyon). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000463

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

Rhynchocyon stuhlmanni nudicaudata

Lydekker, 1907

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

nudicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.22.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5e235fa2-517f-4a7d-be69-12c674266080 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f09c7232-3569-4483-94ed-7171e200c0f2

Authority page

995

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208780

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Rhynchocyon Claudi

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

claudi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/163bf048-7d19-404e-8b4a-a748f66667c2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c6b485c1-1bf1-4654-aec6-ec1363cb010e

Authority page

370

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254830

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

Rhynchocyon stuhlmanni

Matschie, 1893

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

stuhlmanni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795740

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Rhynchocyon cirnei stuhlmanni

Schlitter, 2005

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

stuhlmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)

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