Crocidura flavescens

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Greater Red 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1827. Musaraigne. _Sorex._ Mam. Pp. 313–329 in Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.-B. (eds.). Dictionnaire classique d'Histoire naturelle. Tome onzième. MO-NSO. Rey et Gravier, Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle, 615 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395896

Original name as described

Sorex flavescens

Other common names

Greater Red Musk Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2011-21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-21

Type locality

"La Cafrèrie et le pays des Hottentots" (= King William's Town, South Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003888

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.

Sorex rutilus

(Sundevall, 1847)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rutila

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.6.2.34, ZMB 685

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea105ddb-bffc-43c3-8456-f2221d3be6af

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581776

Authority publication

Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex flavescens

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-21

Authority page

324

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395896

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1836:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Sorex cinnamomeus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1829)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cinnamomea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 678, ZMB 679, ZMB 681

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

385

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1836:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura flavescens

Lesson, 1842

Family

Soricidae

Root name

flavescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Roberts (1913:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Dollman (1915:509, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5628/22300161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura cinnamomea

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cinnamomea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439528

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Sorex Capensis

(A. Smith, 1833)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968178

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Musaraneus (Myosorex) cinamomeus

(A. Pomel, 1848)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cinamomeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles

Musaraneus (Crocidura) Smithii

(A. Pomel, 1848)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

smithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles

Crocidura flavescens knysnae

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Soricidae

Root name

knysnae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

313

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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