Crocidura horsfieldii

(Tomes, 1856)

Horsfield'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

Tomes, R.F. in Blyth, E. 1856. Memoir on the Indian species of shrew. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 2:11-28.

Original name as described

Sorex horsfieldii

Other common names

Horsfield's Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1852.2.19.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2ebd1797-1850-4240-badb-4100e025e5bc

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal? · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003913

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.

Sorex horsfieldii

(Tomes, 1856)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1852.2.19.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2ebd1797-1850-4240-badb-4100e025e5bc

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Crocidura (Cr.) retusa

W. C. H. Peters, 1870

Family

Soricidae

Root name

retusa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3814, ZMB 83306

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

585

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42381542

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Crocidura horsfieldi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

horsfieldi

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 (1982:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Crocidura horsfieldii

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41324/22307854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex (Crocidura) myoides

(Blanford, 1875)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

myoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37192041

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

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