Crocidura gueldenstaedtii

(Pallas, 1811)

Güldenstädt'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

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114065

Original name as described

Sorex Güldenstaedtii

Other common names

Güldenstädt's Shrew

Type locality

Dusheti (near Tbilisi), Georgia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Portugal · Spain · France · Germany · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Hungary · Poland · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iran · Syria · Iraq · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Egypt · Saudi Arabia?

Taxonomy notes

split from C. suaveolens and currently includes the names mimula, cypria, and iculisma, which likely represent distinct species as well since C. gueldenstaedtii is currently paraphyletic as currently defined, although further research is needed to confirm the species limits within this clade and more generally, the species is almost certainly a species complex of as many as 6 species

Taxonomy notes citation

Bannikova, A. A., Lebedev, V. S., Kramerov, D. A., & Zaitsev, M. V. (2006). Phylogeny and systematics of the Crocidura suaveolens species group: corroboration and controversy between nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers. Mammalia, 70(1-2), 106-119. · İbiş, O., Koepfli, K. P., Özcan, S., & Tez, C. (2022). Whole mitogenomes of Turkish white-toothed shrews, genus Crocidura (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), with new insights into the phylogenetic positions of Crocidura leucodon and the Crocidura suaveolens group. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 1-21.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003905

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.

Crocidura caneae

G. S. Miller, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caneae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1884.3.14.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071791

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura balearica

G. S. Miller, 1907

Family

Soricidae

Root name

balearica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.1.42

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d4247d59-7d42-43ad-ae70-361e051faf83

Authority page

391

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413640

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura russula cypria

Bate, 1904

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cypria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.12.4.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/65159f78-d894-47fe-8ca2-9763234dd2b5

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31610429

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Crocidura cyrnensis

G. S. Miller, 1907

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cyrnensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.3.14.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

390

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413639

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura russula monacha

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Soricidae

Root name

monacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.3.6.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eddd1011-c001-4194-8612-f34b3a47f94e

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245635

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura portali

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Soricidae

Root name

portali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.4.11.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9691b152-d630-441c-9b2f-1c097f583750

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636888

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura cassiteridum

Hinton, 1924

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cassiteridum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.8.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f02ce56a-2d48-4ee2-b7b8-cc8f4274858b

Authority page

509

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura uxantisi

Heim de Balsac, 1951

Family

Soricidae

Root name

uxantisi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1954.646, MNHN-ZM-2006-241, MNHN-ZM-2006-242, MNHN-ZM-MO-1983-527

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2006-241 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2006-242 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1983-527 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63711f59-5675-4f44-9d3f-0594c8792ea3

Authority page

1678

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

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

Crocidura mimula iculisma

Mottaz, 1908

Family

Soricidae

Root name

iculisma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1962.1249

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5bdbf13-e81d-4cf5-8b10-88f159d54ba7

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de Genève

Name usages

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

Crocidura corsicana

Heim de Balsac & Reynaud, 1940

Family

Soricidae

Root name

corsicana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-484

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-484

Authority page

216

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

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

Crocidura suaveolens enez-sizunensis

Heim de Balsac & F. de Beaufort, 1966

Family

Soricidae

Root name

enezsizunensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-575

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-575

Authority page

636

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

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

Crocidura mimula debeauxi

Dal Piaz, 1926

Family

Soricidae

Root name

debeauxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Atti della Accademia scientifica veneto-trentino-istriana

Name usages

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

Crocidura suaveolens praecypria

Reumer & Oberli, 1988

Family

Soricidae

Root name

praecypria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMR 999100003290

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/nmr/nmr-chordata?id=nmr999100003290

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45088000

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Crocidura mimula

G. S. Miller, 1901

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mimula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:105801

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/364b7ae42-078b-450e-9f19-54fe9ea35e38

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793080

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Crocidura suaveolens bruecheri

E. von Lehmann, 1977

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bruecheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1977.665

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

198

Authority publication

Ric. Biol. Selvag.

Name usages

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

Crocidura ariadne

Pieper, 1979

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ariadne

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1978.100

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44689097

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex fimbriatus

(Wagler, 1832)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fimbriata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22006, ZMB 83310

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26454910

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

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

Crocidura moschata

Wagler, 1832

Family

Soricidae

Root name

moschata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZMB 22006, ZMB 83310

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26455029

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

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

Sorex Güldenstadtii

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gueldenstadtii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

231 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814914

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1836:231 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Crocidura gueldenstaedti

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gueldenstaedti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

29

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:75, 76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Crocidura cypria

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cypria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

tristami

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tristami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura gueldenstaedtii cypria

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cypria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Crocidura gueldenstaedtii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gueldenstaedtii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29653/221737608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura gueldenstaedtii gueldenstaedtii

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gueldenstaedtii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Crocidura gueldenstaedtii iculisma

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

iculisma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Crocidura gueldenstaedtii mimula

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mimula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex Güldenstaedtii

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gueldenstaedtii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114065

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

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

Crocidura aranea var. minor

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Soricidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47312192

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Crocidura longicaudata

Tikhomirov & Korchagin, 1889

Family

Soricidae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Mem. Sect. Zool. Amis. Sci. Nat. Moscou

Name usages

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

Crocidura antipae

Matschie, 1901

Family

Soricidae

Root name

antipae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8798636

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Crocidura minuta

Lydekker, 1902

Family

Soricidae

Root name

minuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57454829

Authority publication

Zoological Record

Name usages

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

Crocidura mimula italica

Cavazza, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

italica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino

Name usages

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

Crocidura russula mimuloides

Cavazza, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mimuloides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino

Name usages

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

Crocidura sicula var. sarda

Cavazza, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sarda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino

Name usages

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

Crocidura russula aralychensis

Satunin, 1914

Family

Soricidae

Root name

aralychensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museums

Name usages

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

Suncus tristrami

(Bodenheimer, 1935)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tristrami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

95

Authority publication

book

Crocidura oyænsis

Heim de Balsac, 1940

Family

Soricidae

Root name

oyaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

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

Crocidura suaveolens balcanica

Ondrias, 1971

Family

Soricidae

Root name

balcanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

379

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45380679

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

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