Crocidura hirta
W. C. H. Peters, 1852
Lesser Red White-toothed Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Eulipotyphla |
Suborder | : Erinaceota |
Family | : Soricidae |
Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
Genus | : Crocidura |
Species status
Authority citation
Peters, W.C.H. 1852. Hr. Peters las eine Abhandlung über die Gebissformel der Spitzmäuse, welche hier im Auszuge mitgetheilt wird. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852:169-176.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054736Original name as described
Crocidura hirta
Other common names
Lesser Red Musk Shrew
Type material
ZMB 668, ZMB 669
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
Tete, Zambezia Province, Mozambique (17°S).
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini
Taxonomy notes
previously included C. bloyeti
Taxonomy notes citation
Dianat, M., Voet, I., Ortiz, D., de Bellocq, J. G., Cuypers, L. N., Kryštufek, B., ... & Konečný, A. (2023). Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 180, 107708.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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