Crocidura arabica

Hutterer & D. L. Harrison, 1988

Arabian 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

Hutterer, R. and Harrison, D.L. 1988. A new look at the shrews (Soricidae) of Arabia. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 39(1):59-72.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45087695

Original name as described

Crocidura arabica

Other common names

Arabian Shrew

Type material

HZM 27.9150

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Khadrafi (16° 42' N, 53° 09' E), Dhofar, Oman.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Yemen · Oman

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003849

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 arabica

Hutterer & D. L. Harrison, 1988

Family

Soricidae

Root name

arabica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HZM 27.9150

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45087695

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40618/22295560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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