Crocidura planiceps

E. Heller, 1910

Flat-headed 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

Heller, E. 1910-12-23. New species of insectivores from British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 56(15):1-8.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813419

Original name as described

Crocidura planiceps

Other common names

Flat-headed Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:164641

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e64dc8f7-55d5-47cb-9b87-1df38cb48046

Type locality

Rhino Camp, Lado Enclave, Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Ethiopia? · Sudan?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003988

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 planiceps

E. Heller, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164641

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e64dc8f7-55d5-47cb-9b87-1df38cb48046

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813419

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:515, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41351/115180837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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