Crocidura phaeura

Osgood, 1936

Guramba 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

Osgood, W.H. 1936-12-28. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 20(21):217-256.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778322

Original name as described

Crocidura hildegardeae phaeura

Other common names

Guramba Shrew

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:28266

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b7fdbad8-83af-4201-af72-62b0ac779b1f

Type locality

Mount Guramba (west base), north-east of Allata, Sidamo, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003983

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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 hildegardeae phaeura

Osgood, 1936

Family

Soricidae

Root name

phaeura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:28266

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b7fdbad8-83af-4201-af72-62b0ac779b1f

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778322

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Crocidura phaeura

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

phaeura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5580/115075271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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