Crocidura monticola

W. C. H. Peters, 1870

Sunda 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1870. Über neue Arten von Spitzmäusen des Königl. zoologischen Museums aus Ceylon, Malacca, Borneo, China, Luzon und Ostafrika. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1870:584-596.

Original name as described

Crocidura (Cr.) monticola

Other common names

Javan White-toothed Shrew

Type material

ZMB 3820

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Walde des Berges Lawu bei Surakarta auf Java [= forest of Mount Lawu at Surakarta on Java]," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. neglecta

Taxonomy notes citation

Omar, H., Hashim, R., Bhassu, S., & Ruedi, M. (2013). Morphological and genetic relationships of the Crocidura monticola species complex (Soricidae: Crocidurinae) in Sundaland. Mammalian Biology, 78(6), 446-454.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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