Crocidura arispa

Spitzenberger, 1971

Jackass 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

Spitzenberger, F. 1971. Eine neue, tiergeographisch bemerkenswerte Crocidura (Insectivora, Mammalia) aus der Türkei. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 75:539-552.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41769372

Original name as described

Crocidura pergrisea arispa

Other common names

Jackass Shrew

Type material

NMW 13284

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Niğde, 20 km ESE of Ulukişla, southern Turkey.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Turkey · Russia?

Taxonomy notes

may include C. armenica and may be a synonym of C. serezkyensis, but further research is needed; a population in Daghestan may represent this species

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson D.E. & Mittermeier R.A. 2018. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 8. Insectivores, Colugos, and Sloths. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. · Voyta, L. L., Petrova, T. V., Panitsina, V. A., Bodrov, S. Y., & Abramson, N. I. Complete mitochondrial genomes of Asian endemic white-toothed shrews: Crocidura armenica and C. serezkyensis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). · Stakheev, V.V., Lissovsky, A.A. and Obolenskaya, E.V. 2024. The first record of the white-toothed rock shrew from "pergrisea" complex (Mammalia: Soricidae: Crocidura) on the territory of Russian Federation. Russian Journal of Theriology 23(1):25-30. · Voyta, L. L., Petrova, T. V., Panitsina, V. A., Bodrov, S. Y., Winkler, V., Kryuchkova, L. Y., & Abramson, N. I. (2024). A Cybertaxonomic Revision of the “Crocidura pergrisea” Species Complex with a Special Focus on Endemic Rocky Shrews: Crocidura armenica and Crocidura arispa (Soricidae). Biology, 13(6), 448.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003850

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 pergrisea arispa

Spitzenberger, 1971

Family

Soricidae

Root name

arispa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 13284

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

547

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Crocidura arispa

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

arispa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136270/22296424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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