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
             1 [Rhynchocyon cirnei cirnei]ᵀ Peters, 1847
             2 Rhynchocyon cirnei hendersoni Thomas, 1902
             3 Rhynchocyon cirnei macrurus Günther, 1881
             4 Rhynchocyon cirnei reichardi Reichenow, 1886
             5 Rhynchocyon cirnei shirensis Corbet & Hanks, 1968
             6 Rhynchocyon cirnei stuhlmanni Matschie, 1893