Crocidura dracula
O. Thomas, 1912
Large 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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1912-06-01. New species of Crocidura and Petaurista from Yunnan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9(54):686-688.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639443Original name as described
Crocidura dracula
Other common names
Dracula Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1912.7.25.8
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a3974bfb-f1dc-4c5d-b462-9ac9dc9f5220Type locality
"Yunnan (probably near Mong-tze [= Mengzi])," China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Myanmar · Laos · Vietnam
Taxonomy notes
split from C. fuliginosa
Taxonomy notes citation
Bannikova, A. A., Abramov, A. V., Borisenko, A. V., Lebedev, V. S., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2011). Mitochondrial diversity of the white-toothed shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Crocidura) in Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2812(1), 1-20.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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