Crocidura fuscomurina

(von Heuglin, 1865)

Bicolored African 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

Heuglin, T. von. 1865-06. Weitere Einsendung an die Kaiserl. Leopold.-Carol. deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften, mit zoologischen Notizen aus Afrika. Leopoldina 5(3-4):32-36.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45504155

Original name as described

Sorex fusco murinus

Other common names

Bicolored Musk Shrew · Tiny Musk Shrew

Type material

SMNS 1103e

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Meshra-el-Req, Bahr-el-Ghazal, Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Botswana · Ethiopia · Ghana · Kenya · Lesotho · Mozambique · Namibia · Nigeria · Senegal · South Africa · Togo · Zimbabwe · Benin? · Burkina Faso? · Cameroon? · Central African Republic? · Chad? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Gambia? · Guinea? · Guinea-Bissau? · Malawi? · Mali? · Niger? · Tanzania? · Uganda? · Zambia? · Democratic Republic of the Congo?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003895

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 fusco murinus

(von Heuglin, 1865)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fuscomurina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 1103e

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45504155

Authority publication

Leopoldina

Name usages

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

Crocidura bovei

Dobson, 1887

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bovei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

425

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29873973

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:515, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Kershaw (1923:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura bicolor

du Bocage, 1889

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MBL (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3419007

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

  1. Bocage (1889:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3419007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67736)
  2. Matschie (1895:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  3. Dollman (1915:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  4. Granvik (1924:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68174)
  5. Allen & Loveridge (1927:417, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822009248618?urlappend=%3Bseq=461%3Bownerid=9007199272427878-495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)
  6. Shortridge (1934:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  7. Hill & Carter (1941:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  8. Setzer (1956:458, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  9. Heim de Balsac (1958:334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68610)
  10. Hayman (1963:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1980:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura bicolor sansibarica

O. R. Neumann, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sansibarica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 83301

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

544

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10197818

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

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

Crocidura cuninghamei

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cuninghamei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.7.5.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/43245798-4f0c-4a88-b885-8422ba2387d6

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733967

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura bicolor cuninghamei

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cuninghamei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

516

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086

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 glebula

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

glebula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.7.9.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/08cfed70-2574-4add-b175-eefe377d4704

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura bicolor hendersoni

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hendersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.31.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/92b04649-cc91-4df7-a3da-e24441acb9c7

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura sansibarica

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sansibarica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

515

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256085

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:515, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Crocidura bicolor woosnami

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

woosnami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.6.3.80

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4007c68-8245-491c-b302-18b54fb8a125

Authority page

516

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Shortridge (1934:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  3. Setzer (1956:459, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura marita

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

marita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.63

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6632ee44-aafe-4766-bc59-72691e5a60a1

Authority page

253

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551141

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:461, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura bicolor bicolor

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Hill & Carter (1941:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  3. Hayman (1963:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Crocidura bicolor cunninghamei

Setzer, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cunninghamei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

458

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489004

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:458, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Crocidura bicolor tephragaster

Setzer, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tephragaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:44773

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:44773

Authority page

458

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489004

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:458, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura planifrons tephronotus

Heim de Balsac, 1968

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tephronotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

411

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

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

Crocidura bicolor tephrogaster

Heim de Balsac & Verschuren, 1968

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tephrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

37

Authority publication

Kinshasa

Crocidura fuscomurina

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fuscomurina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Hutterer (1993:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  4. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40633/115176835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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