Crocidura pitmani

Barclay, 1932

Pitman's 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

Barclay, E.N. 1932-10-01. A new shrew from Northern Rhodesia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10(58):440.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933208673593

Original name as described

Crocidura pitmani

Other common names

Pitman's Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1932.8.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e7d8ae29-ca42-4890-9be4-b35086278d23

Type locality

Maluwe-Serenje District, 3800 feet (= 1158 m), Zambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003987

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 pitmani

Barclay, 1932

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pitmani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.8.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e7d8ae29-ca42-4890-9be4-b35086278d23

Authority page

440

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 (2013:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5637/115079206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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