Checkered elephant shrew pictures and facts

Checkered elephant shrew

Order : Macroscelidea
Family : Macroscelididae
Species : Rhynchocyon cirnei

The Checkered elephant shrew, checkered sengi is listed as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the checkered elephant shrew

Checkered Elephant Shrew or Rhynchocyon cirnei is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to B1+2c.

For example, the checkered elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon cirnei) is confined in the north of Luapula Province. (Full text)