Crocidura nigrofusca

Matschie, 1895

African Black 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

Matschie, P. 1895. Die Säugthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas. Geographische Verlagshandlung Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, 157 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835426

Original name as described

Crocidura nigrofusca

Other common names

African Black Shrew

Type material

ZMB 83308

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Wukalala, Kinyawanga im Westen des Semliki [= Semliki Valley, DR Congo]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Tanzania · Rwanda? · Burundi · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Cameroon?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003967

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 beiræ nyikæ

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nyikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.50

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78c80b30-72a2-488b-8f25-caa1833258c8

Authority page

512

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256082

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura ansorgei

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.9.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5a9ee15f-60e9-4c96-9444-da63061633f1

Authority page

511

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura zena

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zena

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.12.4.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b84ea45-a517-49a9-8c75-a0f6646cca20

Authority page

511

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura turba kempi

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kempi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.1.40

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/61beaca2-1731-4ef1-9ee8-b503ad6784f4

Authority page

511

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura turba provocax

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

provocax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.5.3.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d6029051-841d-4a44-992e-4634db790afc

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628869

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura turba zaodon

Osgood, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zaodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:16929

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=780253b1-6b64-47b5-9b12-db3b352150db

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462180

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura luluae

Matschie, 1926

Family

Soricidae

Root name

luluae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMB 3829

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45481701

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura nilotica

E. Heller, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nilotica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164638

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/317c4490f-4a85-4508-a2d2-69cb819bba21

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura turba lakiundae

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

lakiundae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181816

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36e0bc721-e66a-4bf1-b739-7b018d511e36

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910536

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura nigrofusca

Matschie, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nigrofusca

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 83308

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835426

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Dollman (1915:514, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:79, 80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41346/115180069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura zaodon

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zaodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Crocidura zena cabrerai

Morales Agacino, 1935

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cabrerai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

20

Authority publication

Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

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