Crocidura paradoxura

Dobson, 1887

Sumatran Long-tailed 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

Dobson, G.E. 1887-04-09. Description of new species of Soricidae in the collection of the Genoa Civic Museum. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 24:564-567.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61244533

Original name as described

Crocidura paradoxura

Other common names

Paradox Shrew · Sumatran Long-tailed Shrew

Type locality

"Sumatra (Mount Singalan [= Singgalang] at an elevations of 2000 metres)," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. aequicauda

Taxonomy notes citation

Nations, J. A., Handika, H., Mursyid, A., Darma Busta, R., Apandi, Achmadi, A. S., & Esselstyn, J. A. (2024). Three new shrews (Soricidae: Crocidura) from West Sumatra, Indonesia: elevational and morphological divergence in syntopic sister taxa. Journal of Mammalogy, gyad126.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003979

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 paradoxura

Dobson, 1887

Family

Soricidae

Root name

paradoxura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

566

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61244533

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5614/22297493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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