Crocidura mdumai

Stanley, Hutterer, Giarla, & Esselstyn, 2015

Mduma's 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

Authority citation

Stanley, W.T., Hutterer, R., Giarla, T.C. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2015-05. Phylogeny, phylogeography and geographical variation in the _Crocidura monax_ (Soricidae) species complex from the montane islands of Tanzania, with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(1):185-215.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12230

Original name as described

Crocidura mdumai

Other common names

Mduma's Shrew

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:211323

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=37b5ad65-2d43-4ae9-8cbf-98aefa3188c3

Type locality

"Tanzania, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro District, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Ngorongoro Crater rim, near Pongo Ranger Post, 3.24407°S, 35.64040°E, 2064 m a.s.l."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Stanley, W. T., Hutterer, R., Giarla, T. C., & Esselstyn, J. A. (2015). Phylogeny, phylogeography and geographical variation in the Crocidura monax (Soricidae) species complex from the montane islands of Tanzania, with descriptions of three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174(1), 185-215.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003947

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 mdumai

Stanley, Hutterer, Giarla, & Esselstyn, 2015

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mdumai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:211323

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=37b5ad65-2d43-4ae9-8cbf-98aefa3188c3

Authority page

205

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112503346/112503349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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