Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Macroscelidea Butler, 1956 - elephant shrews
       Family Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838 - elephant-shrews
         Genus Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann, 1906 - long-eared elephant shrews
           Elephantulus rufescens (Peters, 1878) - rufous elephant-shrew
             1 [Elephantulus rufescens rufescens]ᵀ (Peters, 1878)
             2 Elephantulus rufescens boranus (Thomas, 1901)
             3 Elephantulus rufescens dundasi Dollman, 1910
             4 Elephantulus rufescens peasei (Thomas, 1901)
             5 Elephantulus rufescens pulcher (Thomas, 1894)
             6 Elephantulus rufescens somalicus (Thomas, 1901)