Golden-rumped sengi

Golden-rumped sengi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Rhynchocyon
Species:
R. chrysopygus
Binomial name
Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
Günther, 1881
Range

The golden-rumped sengi (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) is a small African mammal. It is the largest species of the elephant shrew family along with its close relative the grey-faced sengi. It is classified as endangered.

  1. ^ FitzGibbon, C.; Rathbun, G.B. (2015). "Rhynchocyon chrysopygus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T19705A21287265. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T19705A21287265.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.