Crocidura nana

Dobson, 1890

Somali Dwarf 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

Dobson, G.E. 1890-03-01. Description of new species of Crocidura from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)5(27):225-227.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523827

Original name as described

Crocidura nana

Other common names

Dwarf White-toothed Shrew · Somali Dwarf Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1890.3.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/694f5421-4c01-447b-b455-ac65e1e6364c

Type locality

Dollo, Somalia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003957

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 nana

Dobson, 1890

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.3.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/694f5421-4c01-447b-b455-ac65e1e6364c

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523827

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 (2013:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41341/22306927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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