Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897 Order Macroscelidea Butler, 1956 - elephant shrews Family Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838 - elephant-shrews Genus Elephantulus Thomas & Schwann, 1906 - long-eared elephant shrews Elephantulus rufescens (Peters, 1878) - rufous elephant-shrew Elephantulus rufescens boranus (Thomas, 1901)