Chequered elephant shrew

Rhynchocyon cirnei · Macroscelididae

The chequered sengi or checkered sengi, also known as the chequered elephant shrew or checkered elephant shrew, is a species of small mammal belonging to the sengi family (Macroscelididae).

Where the Chequered elephant shrew lives

Recorded in Tanzania, Dem. Rep. Congo, Malawi, Mozambique and Uganda (Africa).

Most records fall in Orientale, Mtwara, Iringa, Équateur, Mulanje and Cabo Delgado.

See the Chequered elephant shrew’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 152 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.