Crocidura goliath

O. Thomas, 1906

Goliath 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. 1906-02-01. New African mammals of the genera Cercopithecus, Scotophilus, Miniopterus, Crocidura, Georychus, and Heliophobius. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17(98):173-179.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472220

Original name as described

Crocidura goliath

Other common names

Goliath Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2113800b-3bed-4cae-b7d3-54ced05dd205

Type locality

Efulen, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. nimbasilvanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Jacquet, F., Hutterer, R., Nicolas, V., Decher, J., Colyn, M., Couloux, A., & Denys, C. (2013). New status for two African giant forest shrews, Crocidura goliath goliath and C. goliath nimbasilvanus (Mammalia: Soricomorpha), based on molecular and geometic morphometric analyses. African Zoology, 48(1), 13-29.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003898

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 goliath

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Soricidae

Root name

goliath

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.28.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2113800b-3bed-4cae-b7d3-54ced05dd205

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51472220

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (1993:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112518189/113974008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

[Praesorex] goliath

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

goliath

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635881

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1913:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16327)

Crocidura goliath goliath

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

goliath

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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