Crocidura lepidura

Lyon, 1908

Sumatran Giant 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

Lyon, M.W., Jr. 1908-09-14. Mammals collected in eastern Sumatra by Dr. W. L. Abbott during 1903, 1906, and 1907, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34:619-679.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62629829

Original name as described

Crocidura lepidura

Other common names

Sumatran Giant Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:123140

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38cd9a034-5fef-4ca8-a654-a7d40cbfefb4

Type locality

Kateman River, eastern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003928

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.

Crocidura villosa

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Soricidae

Root name

villosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.11.5.26 (= FMSM 411/14)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef4d5032-a6dd-452f-bc2c-6a1fa1ba1108

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:83, 84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura lepidura

Lyon, 1908

Family

Soricidae

Root name

lepidura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:123140

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38cd9a034-5fef-4ca8-a654-a7d40cbfefb4

Authority page

662

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62629829

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136792/22296335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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