Crocidura dolichura

W. C. H. Peters, 1876

Long-tailed 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1876. Über die von dem verstorbenen Professor Dr. Reinhold Buchbolz in Westafrika gesammelten Säugethiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876:469-485.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329852

Original name as described

Crocidura (Croc.) dolichura

Other common names

Long-tailed Musk Shrew

Type material

ZMB 5037

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bonjongo, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003876

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 (Croc.) dolichura

W. C. H. Peters, 1876

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dolichura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5037

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

475

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329852

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40628/115176367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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