Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Macroscelidea Butler, 1956 - elephant shrews Family Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838 - elephant-shrews Genus Rhynchocyon Peters, 1847 - forest elephant-shrews 1 Rhynchocyon chrysopygus Günther, 1881 - yellow-rumped elephant-shrew 2 Rhynchocyon cirnei Peters, 1847 - chequered elephant-shrew 3 Rhynchocyon petersi Bocage, 1880 - black and rufous elephant-shrew