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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Checkered Elephant Shrew, Chequered Elephant-Shrew
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: The Checkered Sengi is restricted
to montane
and lowland forests
, closed-canopy woodlands, and riparian
thickets where the substrate is usually covered with dense leaf litter
. These habitats
are often fragmented
and isolated due to natural and anthropogenic
activities, resulting in isolated and sometimes small populations of this sengi. The fragmented nature of its occurrence is not illustrated in most distribution maps. Although there are no systematic field
studies of R. cirnei, based on its general morphology, habitat associations, diurnality, nesting habits, and locomotion it is very likely that it's behavioral ecology is similar to that of the Golden-rumped Sengi. These similarities include monogamy, a relatively low reproductive rate, highly precocial neonates (litter 1–2), and a diet
of leaf litter invertebrates.[1]
List of Habitats:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Macroscelidea
()
- (Butler, 1956) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971:301) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Family:
Macroscelididae
()
- (Bonaparte, 1838) Mivart, 1868:143
- Subfamily:
Rhynchocyoninae
()
- Genus:
Rhynchocyon
()
- Peters, 1847
- Specific name:
cirnei
- Peters, 1847
- Scientific name: - Rhynchocyon cirnei Peters, 1847
- Specific name:
cirnei
- Peters, 1847
- Genus:
Rhynchocyon
(
- Subfamily:
Rhynchocyoninae
(
- Family:
Macroscelididae
(
- Order:
Anagalida
(
- Mirorder:
Macroscelidea
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 23-Apr-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhynchocyon
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. adersi · R. chrysopygus (Golden-Rumped Elephant Shrew) · R. cirnei (Checkered Elephant Shrew) · R. cirnei cirnei · R. cirnei hendersoni · R. cirnei macrurus · R. cirnei shirensis · R. cirnei stuhlmanni · R. petersi (Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew) · R. petersi adersi · R. petersi fisheri · R. petersi petersi (Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew) · R. pliocaenicus · R. swynnertoni
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Further Reading
- A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. ENG url p. 465.
- Afrotheria Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 11, p. 13, p. 301, p. 317, p. 478, p. 5, p. 53.
- Catalogue of the bones of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum / [compiled by Edward Gerrard]. London: printed by Taylor and Francis, by order of the Trustees, 1862 ENG url p. 112.
- Corbet, G.B. and Hanks, J. 1968. A revision of the elephant-shrews, Family Macroscelididae. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 16:1-111
- Duane A. Schlitter: Status: IUCN - Insufficiently known as R. c. cirnei; Rare as R. c. hendersoni
- General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. Chicago, 1938. ENG url p. 189.
- Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. Hamburg: Lucas Gr©Þfe & Sillem, 1883-1916. GER url p. 112.
- Kingdon, J. 1974. East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa. Vol. IIA. Academic Press, London.
- Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. Hamburg: L©tcke & Wulff, GER url p. 40, p. 41.
- Nicoll, M.E. and Rathbun, G.B. (compilers) 1990. African Insectivora and Elephant-Shrews: An Action Plan for their Conservation. IUCN/SSC Insectivore, Tree-Shrew and Elephant-Shrew Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] ENG url p. 24, p. 686.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Rhynchocyon cirnei. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.redlist.org . Downloaded on 30 January 2005.
- Rathbun, G.B. 2006. Rhynchocyon cirnei. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Rathbun, G.B. (IUCN SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group) 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Field Museum: Mammal specimens
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Mammalia
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2479004
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-584925
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 584925
- IUCN ID: 19709
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10828
Footnotes
- Rathbun, G.B. (IUCN SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group) 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
