Crocidura gracilipes

W. C. H. Peters, 1870

Peters'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

Peters, W.C.H. 1870. Über neue Arten von Spitzmäusen des Königl. zoologischen Museums aus Ceylon, Malacca, Borneo, China, Luzon und Ostafrika. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870:584-596.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381547

Original name as described

Crocidura (Cr.) gracilipes

Other common names

Peters's Musk Shrew · Short-faced Shrew

Type material

ZMB 3905

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Auf der Reise nach dem Kilimandscharo [= on the journey to Kilimanjaro]," Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Uganda?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003899

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 (Cr.) gracilipes

W. C. H. Peters, 1870

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gracilipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3905

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

590

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381547

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Dollman (1915:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086) (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. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5631/22299723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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