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Giant Sengis
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Giant Sengis

Rhynchocyon

Rhynchocyon is a genus of elephant shrew (or sengi) in the family Macroscelididae. Members of this genus are known colloquially as the checkered elephant shrews or giant sengis. It contains the following four species:

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Black-and-rufous Sengi

speciesRhynchocyon petersi

Golden-rumped Sengi

speciesRhynchocyon chrysopygus

Checkered Sengi

speciesRhynchocyon cirnei

White-tailed Sengi

speciesRhynchocyon stuhlmanni

Grey-faced Sengi

speciesRhynchocyon udzungwensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43221.