Crocidura silacea

O. Thomas, 1895

Lesser Gray-brown 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

Thomas, O. 1895-06-28. Descriptions of five new African shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(91):51-55.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122533

Original name as described

Crocidura (Cr.) silacea

Other common names

Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew · Lesser Gray-brown Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1893.11.26.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/022b67b7-0fb9-4fbc-9a27-1497acdba1b4

Type locality

"Figtree Creek, De Kaap, Transvaal [= Barberton District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zimbabwe · South Africa · Eswatini · Mozambique

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004005

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 (Cr.) silacea

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

silacea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.11.26.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/022b67b7-0fb9-4fbc-9a27-1497acdba1b4

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122533

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Dollman (1915:515, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41357/115181391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura holobrunneus

A. Roberts, 1931

Family

Soricidae

Root name

holobrunnea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 4494

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

225

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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