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 petersi Bocage, 1880 - black and rufous elephant-shrew
             1 [Rhynchocyon petersi petersi]ᵀ Bocage, 1880
             2 Rhynchocyon petersi adersi Dollman, 1912