Crocidura lwiroensis
Kerbis Peterhans & Hutterer in Kerbis Peterhans, Huhndorf, Plumptre, Hutterer, Kaleme, & Ndara, 2013
Misotshi-Kabogo White-toothed Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
| Genus | : Crocidura |
Species status
Authority citation
Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Huhndorf, M.H., Plumptre, A.J., Hutterer, R., Kaleme, P. and Ndara, B. 2013. Mammals, other than bats, from the Misotshi-Kabogo highlands (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), with the description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin 62(2):203-219.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44804507Original name as described
Crocidura lwiroensis
Other common names
Kabogo Shrew
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:195181
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Approximately 45 km NE of Kalemie and 3 km W of the village of Mizimu above the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, Katanga Province, eastern DR Congo (29°16'22"E 5°28'45"S, 1250 m)."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., Huhndorf, M. H., Plumptre, A. J., Hutterer, R., Kaleme, P., & Ndara, B. (2013). Mammals, other than bats, from the Misotshi-Kabogo highlands (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), with the description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 62(2), 203-219.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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