Crocidura obscurior

Heim de Balsac, 1958

West African Pygmy 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. 1958. Mammifères insectivores. Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire 53:301-337.

Original name as described

Crocidura (bottegi) obscurior

Other common names

Obscure White-toothed Shrew · West African Pygmy Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-494

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-494

Type locality

montane prairie, Mount Nimba, Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria

Taxonomy notes

formerly included C. eburnea

Taxonomy notes citation

Jacquet, F., Nicolas, V., Colyn, M., Kadjo, B., Hutterer, R., Decher, J., ... & Denys, C. (2014). Forest refugia and riverine barriers promote diversification in the W est A frican pygmy shrew (C rocidura obscurior complex, S oricomorpha). Zoologica scripta, 43(2), 131-148.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003972

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 (bottegi) obscurior

Heim de Balsac, 1958

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscurior

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-494

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-494

Authority page

328

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire

Name usages

Heim de Balsac (1958:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68610)

Crocidura obscurior

Hutterer, 1993

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscurior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (1993:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/111754705/123795806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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