Crocidura monax

O. Thomas, 1910

Kilimanjaro 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

Thomas, O. 1910-09-01. List of mammals from Mount Kilimanjaro, obtained by Mr. Robin Kemp, and presented to the British Museum by Mr. C. D. Rudd. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)6(33):308-316.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15629075

Original name as described

Crocidura monax

Other common names

Kilimanjaro Shrew · Rombo Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.7.2.58

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/18bf1b5c-d8c7-4f96-b38c-0813a1837ffb

Type locality

"Rombo … at an altitude on the mountain of about 6000' [= 1829 m]," Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003950

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 monax

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

monax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.7.2.58

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/18bf1b5c-d8c7-4f96-b38c-0813a1837ffb

Authority page

310

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15629075

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/111767309/123795933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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