Crocidura grandiceps

Hutterer, 1983

Large-headed 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

Hutterer, R. 1983. _Crocidura grandiceps_, eine neue Spitzmaus aus Westafrika. Revue suisse de Zoologie 90:699-707.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41311545

Original name as described

Crocidura grandiceps

Other common names

Large-headed Shrew · Large-headed Forest Shrew

Type material

MHNG 1490.38

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Krokosua Hills, north of Asempanaya (Asampaniye), Sedfwi Wiaso, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003900

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 grandiceps

Hutterer, 1983

Family

Soricidae

Root name

grandiceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1490.38

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

699

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41311545

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41321/22307684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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