Rhynchocyon petersi Bocage 1880

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Macroscelidea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 82-85 : 85

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scientific name	Rhynchocyon petersi Bocage 1880
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Rhynchocyon petersi Bocage 1880 , J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 1, 7: 159.

Type Locality: Tanzania, mainland opposite Zanzibar.

Vernacular Names: Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rhynchocyon petersi subsp. petersi Bocage 1880

Subspecies Rhynchocyon petersi subsp. adersi Dollman 1912

Distribution: E Tanzania (including Mafia and Zanzibar); SE Kenya.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Two subspecies are listed by Corbet and Hanks (1968:64) and Corbet (1974:2). Kingdon (1974 a:41) considered petersi a subspecies of cirnei .