Crocidura picea
Sanderson, 1940
Cameroon 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
Sanderson, I.T. 1940-01. The Mammals of the North Cameroons Forest Area. Being the Results of the Percy Sladen Expedition to the Mamfe Division of the British Cameroons. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 24(7):623-726.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1940.tb00342.xOriginal name as described
Crocidura occidentalis picea
Other common names
Assumbo Shrew · Pitch Shrew
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1939.319
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f3a4c1d3-eedc-4579-9b2c-44a08632b39aType locality
Tinta, 701 m, Assumbo, Mamfe Division, Cameroon.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cameroon
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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