Rhynchocyon cirnei Peters, 1847 . Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 12:37.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mozambique, Bororo Dist., Quelimane .

DISTRIBUTION: Mozambique, Malawi, S Tanzania, NE Zambia, E Zaire, Uganda.

STATUS: IUCN - Insufficiently known as R. c. cirnei; Rare as R. c. hendersoni.

SYNONYMS: hendersoni, stuhlmanni.

COMMENTS: Includes stuhlmanni, which could be a distinct species; see Corbet (1974:2).