Crocidura beata

G. S. Miller, 1910

Mindanao 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1910-08-19. Descriptions of two new genera and sixteen new species of mammals from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 38(1757):391-404.

Original name as described

Crocidura beatus

Other common names

Mindanao Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:144647

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Summit of Mount Bliss, 1461 m, Mindanao, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

generally spelt 'beatus', but this spelling has been changed for gender agreement

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.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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