Crocidura mutesae

E. Heller, 1910

Ugandan 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

Heller, E. 1910-12-23. New species of insectivores from British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 56(15):1-8.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813417

Original name as described

Crocidura mutesae

Other common names

Ugandan Musk Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:164636

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3380d77de-e0c2-4e35-8310-95f66942250d

Type locality

Kampala, Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003956

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 mutesae

E. Heller, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mutesae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164636

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3380d77de-e0c2-4e35-8310-95f66942250d

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813417

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41340/115179654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura turba mutesæ

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mutesae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

510

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256080

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1915:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)

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