Crocidura elgonius

Osgood, 1910

Elgon 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

Osgood, W.H. 1910-04-01. Two new African shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5(28):369-370.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094798

Original name as described

Crocidura bicolor elgonius

Other common names

Elgon Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.1.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/610bbb39-5af0-4c8c-836f-4645b78486a8

Type locality

"Kirui, near Mt. Elgon, British East Africa [= Kenya]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003883

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 bicolor elgonius

Osgood, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

elgonius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.1.47

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/610bbb39-5af0-4c8c-836f-4645b78486a8

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094798

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1915:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)

Crocidura elgonius

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

elgonius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5625/115078232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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