Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters 1846

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 : 84

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Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters 1846 , Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 11: 258.

Type Locality: Mozambique, Tette.

Vernacular Names: Four-toed Elephant Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. tetradactylus Peters 1846

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. beirae Roberts 1913

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. rovumae Thomas 1897

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. schwanni Thomas and Wroughton 1907

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. sultani Thomas 1897

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. swynnertoni Thomas 1918

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. tordayi Thomas 1910

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. warreni Thomas 1918

Subspecies Petrodromus tetradactylus subsp. zanzibaricus Corbet and Neal 1965

Distribution: Mozambique; Tanzania (including Mafia and Zanzibar); SE Kenya; S Uganda; Zambia; Malawi; SE Zimbabwe; Dem. Rep. Congo; E Republic of Congo; NE Angola; E South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Not Evaluated as P. t. sangi; otherwise IUCN – Not listed.

Discussion: Corbet (1974:2) and Meester et al. (1986:309) recognized nine subspecies. Corbet (1974:3) suggested that matschiei and robustus might be distinct subspecies. It is possible that schwanni and tordayi are separate species.