Crocidura foxi

Dollman, 1915

Fox's 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

Dollman, G. 1915-05-01. On the African shrews belonging to the genus Crocidura. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)15(89):507-527.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256084

Original name as described

Crocidura foxi

Other common names

Fox's Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.3.24.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c3a41717-403f-460f-a533-825bd8cdb6df

Type locality

Panyam, Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau? · Guinea · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · South Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003891

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 foxi

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.3.24.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c3a41717-403f-460f-a533-825bd8cdb6df

Authority page

514

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256084

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:514, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5629/115078628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura turba tephra

Setzer, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tephra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:79431

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=547c2d9c-d742-496f-b538-207774f877c8

Authority page

466

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489072

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Crocidura tephra

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tephra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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