Crocidura jenkinsi

Chakraborty, 1978

Jenkins'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

Chakraborty, S. 1978. A new species of the genus Crocidura Wagler (Insectivora: Soricidae) from Wright Myo, South Andaman Island, India. Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India 1(3):303-304.

Original name as described

Crocidura jenkinsi

Other common names

Jenkin's Andaman Spiny Shrew · Jenkin's Shrew

Type material

ZSI 19860

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Wright Myo, South Andaman Island, Andaman Islands, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003918

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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 jenkinsi

Chakraborty, 1978

Family

Soricidae

Root name

jenkinsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 19860

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

303

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5604/115077051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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