Crocidura nimbasilvanus

Hutterer, 2003

Nimba Giant 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

Authority citation

Hutterer, R. 2003. Two replacement names and a note on the author of the shrew family Soricidae (Mammalia). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 50(4):369-370.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629827

Original name as described

Crocidura goliath nimbasilvanus

Other common names

Nimba Giant Shrew · West African Giant Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-1799

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1991-1799

Type locality

"Ziela, Mt Nimba, Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire

Taxonomy notes

split form C. goliath

Taxonomy notes citation

Jacquet, F., Hutterer, R., Nicolas, V., Decher, J., Colyn, M., Couloux, A., & Denys, C. (2013). New status for two African giant forest shrews, Crocidura goliath goliath and C. goliath nimbasilvanus (Mammalia: Soricomorpha), based on molecular and geometic morphometric analyses. African Zoology, 48(1), 13-29.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003969

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 odorata guineensis

Heim de Balsac, 1968

Family

Soricidae

Root name

guineensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-1799

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1991-1799

Authority page

384

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

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

Crocidura goliath nimbasilvanus

Hutterer, 2003

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nimbasilvanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-1799

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1991-1799

Authority page

370

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629827

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Crocidura nimbasilvanus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nimbasilvanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

531

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112519468/112519471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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