Crocidura grassei

Brosset, Dubost, & Heim de Balsac, 1965

Grasse'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

Brosset, A., Dubost, G. and Heim de Balsac, H. 1965. Mammifères inédits récoltés au Gabon. Biologia Gabonica 1:147-174.

Original name as described

Crocidura grassei

Other common names

Grasse's Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-488

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-488

Type locality

Belinga, Gabon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003902

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 grassei

Brosset, Dubost, & Heim de Balsac, 1965

Family

Soricidae

Root name

grassei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-488

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-488

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Biologia Gabonica

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5567/115074501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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