Crocidura littoralis

E. Heller, 1910

Naked-tailed 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

Heller, E. 1910-12-23. New species of insectivores from British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 56(15):1-8.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813419

Original name as described

Crocidura littoralis

Other common names

Butiaba Naked-tailed Shrew · Naked-tailed Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:164642

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3db6f7862-4ebe-4e43-967d-1b580b512bb1

Type locality

Butiaba, east shore of Lake Albert, Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Uganda · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003931

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 oritis

Hollister, 1916

Family

Soricidae

Root name

oritis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-48510

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-48510

Authority page

666

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura littoralis

E. Heller, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164642

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3db6f7862-4ebe-4e43-967d-1b580b512bb1

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813419

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41330/115178517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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