Crocidura mariquensis
(A. Smith, 1844)
Swamp 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
Illustr. Zool. S. Afr. Mamm., pl. 44, fig. 1
Original name as described
Sorex mariquensis
Other common names
Swamp Musk Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.37, BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.40
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8e5489d2-5b66-47c4-be7f-7fcb2ae2116c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7bfc1d4-3bf5-4505-b9d5-78368d3387acType locality
"A wooded ravine near the Tropic of Capricorn." Clarified by N. J. Dippenaar in 1979 as Marico River near its junction with Limpopo River, North West Province, South Africa, based on lectotype selection.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Angola · Botswana · Namibia · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini · Mozambique
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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