Rhynchocyoninae hija sottofamilja, ta' mammiferi (is-senġijiet ġganti), fil-klassi Mammalia, fis-sottoklassi Theria, fl-infraklassi Eutheria (il-plaċentati), fl-ordni Macroscelidea, fil-familja Macroscelididae ma' ħames sottofamilji oħra Herodotiinae, Mylomygalinae, Metoldobotinae, Macroscelidinae u Myohyracinae.

Rhynchocyon
Rhynchocyon petersi
Klassifikazzjoni xjentifika
Renju: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Klassi: Mammalia
Ordni: Macroscelidea
Familja: Macroscelididae
Sottofamilja: Rhynchocyoninae

Rhynchocyoninae bħala sottofamilja hija waħda żgħira b' ġeneru wieħed biss, u b' erba' speċijiet ħajjin kollha fil-periklu ta' estinzjoni.

Referenzi

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  • The Paleobiology Database.
  • Tassonomija tal-Mammiferi.
  • McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. New York: Columbia University Press, 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6
  • Rathbun, G.B. 1979. Rhynchocyon chrysopygus. Mammalian Species 117:1-4.
  • Schlitter, D.A. 2005. Order Macroscelidea. Pp. 82-85 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0

Ħoloq Esterni

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