| Rhynchocyon | |
|---|---|
 Checkered Elephant Shrew (Rhynchocyon cirnei) | |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Macroscelidea |
| Family | Macroscelididae |
| Genus | Rhynchocyon |
Rhynchocyon or checkered elephant shrews and giant sengis, is a genus of elephant shrews in the Macroscelididae family.
Species[]
It contains the following species:
Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew (Günther, 1881) (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) Checkered Elephant Shrew (Peters, 1847) (Rhynchocyon cirnei) Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew (Bocage, 1880) (Rhynchocyon petersi) Grey-faced Sengi (F. Rovero and G. Rathbun, 2008) (Rhynchocyon udzungwensis)