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