Crocidura orii

Kuroda, 1924

Greater Ryukyu 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

[New Mammals from the Ryukyu Islands], 3

Original name as described

Crocidura dsi-nezumi orii

Other common names

Amami Shrew · Orii's Shrew

Type material

Kuroda collection 836

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Komi, Amami Ōshima, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003975

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 dsi-nezumi orii

Kuroda, 1924

Family

Soricidae

Root name

orii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Kuroda collection 836

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Tokyo

Crocidura orii

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

orii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5590/22302169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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