Crocidura palawanensis

E. H. Taylor, 1934

Palawan 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

Taylor, E.H. 1934-06-30. Philippine land mammals. Monographs of the Bureau of Science 30:1-548.

Original name as described

Crocidura palawanensis

Other common names

Palawan Shrew

Type material

AMNH M-241679

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sir J. Brooke Point, Palawan, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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