Crocidura lanosa

Heim de Balsac, 1968

Kivu Long-haired 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

Heim de Balsac, H. 1968. Considérations préliminaires sur le peuplement des montagnes africaines par les soricidae. Biologia Gabonica 4:299-323.

Original name as described

Crocidura lanosa

Other common names

Kivu Long-haired Shrew · Lemara Shrew

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lemera, Kivu, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003924

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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 lanosa

Heim de Balsac, 1968

Family

Soricidae

Root name

lanosa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

309

Authority publication

Biologia Gabonica

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)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5569/115074754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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