Crocidura olivieri
(Lesson, 1827)
African 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
Authority citation
Lesson, R.P. 1827. Manuel de mammalogie, ou histoire naturelle des mammifères. J. B. Baillière et fils, Paris, 441 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207589Original name as described
Sorex Olivieri
Other common names
African Giant Shrew · Olivier's Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1909.7.1.13
Type kind
neotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0edb51bd-16fd-464a-a4e9-42a35f6f7856 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5f72e952-a7bf-4d06-b5c6-05aebd994abaType locality
Sakkara, Egypt. Restricted by G. B. Corbet in 1978 to "near Giza," based on neotype selection.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Afrotropic
Country distribution
Egypt · Senegal · Gambia · Mauritania? · Mali · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Somalia? · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Namibia · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Botswana · Zimbabwe
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
Species Permalink
https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003973Country distribution map
The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.
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.
Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.