Crocidura fumosa

O. Thomas, 1904

Smoky 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

Thomas, O. 1904-08-31. On shrews from British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)14(81):236-241.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733965

Original name as described

Crocidura fumosa

Other common names

Smoky Mountain Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1900.2.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/289bb8f6-2e23-44b9-93ee-df4f08ae11bf

Type locality

"Western slope of Mt. Kenya, 2600 m," Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003894

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 fumosa

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fumosa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.2.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/289bb8f6-2e23-44b9-93ee-df4f08ae11bf

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733965

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1909:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  2. Dollman (1915:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Hutterer (1993:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  7. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  8. Happold & Happold (2013:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5630/22299610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura alchemillae

E. Heller, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

alchemillae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:163087

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/335460e88-c857-4894-a9e6-7b027ad00df9

Authority page

480

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

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