Crocidura desperata

Hutterer, P. D. Jenkins, & W. N. Verheyen, 1991

Desperate 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., Jenkins, P.D. and Verheyen, W.N. 1991-07. A new forest shrew from southern Tanzania. Oryx 25(3):165-168.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300034190

Original name as described

Crocidura desperata

Other common names

Desperate Shrew

Type material

RMCA 1993.111-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

mountain bamboo zone above 2000 m, Rungwe Mountains, southern Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003874

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Crocidura desperata

Hutterer, P. D. Jenkins, & W. N. Verheyen, 1991

Family

Soricidae

Root name

desperata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1993.111-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Oryx

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5624/22300601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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