Galegeeska revoilii

(Huet, 1881)

Somali Sengi

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Macroscelidea
Family : Macroscelididae
Subfamily : Macroscelidinae
Tribe : Macroscelidini
Genus : Galegeeska

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Huet, J. 1881. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Macroscelide. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris 5:95-100.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31660703

Original name as described

Macroscelides Revoilii

Other common names

Somali Elephant-shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1881-11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1881-11

Type locality

"Medjourtine (Pays des Somalis [= Somali country])."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia · Djibouti

Taxonomy notes

moved from Elephantulus to the recently described Galegeeska

Taxonomy notes citation

Heritage, S., Rayaleh, H., Awaleh, D. G., & Rathbun, G. B. (2020). New records of a lost species and a geographic range expansion for sengis in the Horn of Africa. PeerJ, 8, e9652.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000454

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Macroscelides Revoilii

(Huet, 1881)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

revoilii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1881-11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1881-11

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31660703

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Macroscelides revoili

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

revoili

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

803

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995123

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1901:803, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67677)

Elephantulus revoili

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

revoili

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

199

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Schlitter (1993:829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69030)
  4. Schlitter (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9820)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Elephantulus revoilii

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

revoilii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

211

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7137/117060302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Galegeeska revoilii

Heritage, H. Rayaleh, Awaleh, & G. B. Rathbun, 2020

Family

Macroscelididae

Root name

revoilii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority publication

PeerJ

Name usages

  1. Heritage, Rayaleh, Awaleh & Rathbun (2020:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51755)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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