Crocidura nimbae

Heim de Balsac, 1956

Nimba 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

Heim de Balsac, H. 1956. Diagnoses de Crocidura inédites d'Afrique occidentale. Mammalia 20(2):131-139.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1956.20.2.131

Original name as described

Crocidura nimbae

Other common names

Nimba Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-492 (= IFAN 49-3-47)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-492

Type locality

baraque de Zouguépo, Mount Nimba, Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003968

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 nimbae

Heim de Balsac, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nimbae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-492 (= IFAN 49-3-47)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-492

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5578/22304788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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