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Rhynchocyon

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Containing group: Macroscelidea

References

Novacek, M. 1984. Evolutionary stasis in the elephant-shrew, Rhynchocyon. Pages 4-22 in Living Fossils. (N. Eldredge and S. M. Stanley, eds.) Springer-Verlag, New York.

Nowak, R. M. 1999. Order Macroscelidea. Pages 1739-1745 in: Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth Edition. Volume II. (R. M. Nowak). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Woodall, P. F. and C. Fitzgibbon. 1995. Ultrastructure of spermatozoa of the yellow-rumped elephant shrew Rhynchocyon chrysopygus (Mammalia, Macroscelidea) and the phylogeny of elephant shrews. Acta Zoologica 76:19-23.

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Scientific Name Rhynchocyon chrysopygus
Creator Joseph Smit (1836–1929)
Scientific Name Rhynchocyon petersi
Location Philadelphia Zoo
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source elephant shrew
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
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