Crocidura niobe

O. Thomas, 1906

Niobe's 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. 1906-08-01. Description of new mammals from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18(104):136-147.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366399

Original name as described

Crocidura niobe

Other common names

Niobe's Shrew · Kivu Shrew · Kivu White-toothed Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52feeab7-46ab-43cc-a3f6-f1d97db5dcf7

Type locality

"Ruwenzori East, [= eastern slope of Mount Rwenzori, Uganda], 6000' [= 1829 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania

Taxonomy notes

includes kivuana

Taxonomy notes citation

Dianat, M., Konečný, A., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., Demos, T. C., Nicolas, V., ... & Bryja, J. How to cross the desert if you are small and need mountains? Out‐of‐Ethiopia dispersal in Afromontane shrews. Journal of Biogeography.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003971

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 niobe

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Soricidae

Root name

niobe

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/52feeab7-46ab-43cc-a3f6-f1d97db5dcf7

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366399

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 (1982:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41347/22309898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura kivuana

Heim de Balsac, 1968

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kivuana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

319

Authority publication

Biologia Gabonica

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5568/115074630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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