Crocidura aleksandrisi

I. E. Vesmanis, 1977

Cyrenaica White-toothed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Crocidura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Vesmanis, I.E. 1977-05. Eune neue Crocidura-Art aus der Cyrenaica, Libyen: _Crocidura aleksandrisi_ n. sp. (Mammalia: Insectivora: Crocidura). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 28(1-2):3-12.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44714515

Original name as described

Crocidura aleksandrisi

Other common names

Alexandrian Shrew · Cyrenaica Shrew · Lybian Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:325010

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3166e936a-edbc-4345-bd8c-249519de0411

Type locality

5 km west of Tocra (32° 31' N, 20° 34' E), Cyrenaica, Libya.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Libya

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003843

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.

Crocidura aleksandrisi

I. E. Vesmanis, 1977

Family

Soricidae

Root name

aleksandrisi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:325010

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3166e936a-edbc-4345-bd8c-249519de0411

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44714515

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40617/22295522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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