Crocidura nanilla

O. Thomas, 1909

Savanna 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

Thomas, O. 1909-08-01. New African small mammals in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(20):98-112.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097474

Original name as described

Crocidura nanilla

Other common names

Tiny White-toothed Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.7.14.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/479b8bc8-6e7a-45ed-900a-e604b4459b93

Type locality

"Uganda (probably Entebbe)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Mali · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Cote d'Ivoire? · Ghana? · Nigeria?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003958

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 nanilla

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nanilla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.7.14.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/479b8bc8-6e7a-45ed-900a-e604b4459b93

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097474

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 (2013:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41342/115179768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura denti

St. Leger, 1932

Family

Soricidae

Root name

denti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.2.19.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/954d367d-6e74-4a55-9576-31c6752fb24f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a964e0d4-acff-47b2-b090-38b36eaaae19

Authority page

240

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura rudolfi

St. Leger, 1932

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rudolfi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.2.19.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/954d367d-6e74-4a55-9576-31c6752fb24f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a964e0d4-acff-47b2-b090-38b36eaaae19

Authority page

487

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura nancilla

St. Leger, 1932

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nancilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

240

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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