Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Macroscelidea Butler, 1956 - elephant shrews Family Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838 - elephant-shrews Genus Rhynchocyon Peters, 1847 - forest elephant-shrews Rhynchocyon cirnei Peters, 1847 - chequered elephant-shrew [Rhynchocyon cirnei cirnei]ᵀ Peters, 1847