Crocidura ramona

E. Yu. Ivanitskaya, Shenbrot, & Nevo, 1996

Negev 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

Ivanitskaya, E.Yu., Shenbrot, G.I. and Nevo, E. 1996. _Crocidura ramona_ sp. nov. (Insectivora, Soricidae): a new species of shrew from the central Negev desert, Israel. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 61:93-103.

Original name as described

Crocidura ramona

Other common names

Negev Shrew · Ramon's Shrew

Type material

TAU M-9342

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

north-eastern region of Makhtesh Ramon, 30° 40' N, 34° 56' E, Negev, Israel.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Israel · Palestine

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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