Crocidura somalica

O. Thomas, 1895

Somali 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/25122532

Original name as described

Crocidura (Cr.) somalica

Other common names

Somali Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1893.6.30.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f88a9d1c-bc21-42aa-9425-9a3f9e907048

Type locality

"Webi Shebeli [= Shebelle River], Somaliland" (= about 05° 30'N, 44° 00'E, near Geledi (Galadi), Ethiopia).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mali · Sudan · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004008

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.) somalica

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

somalica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.6.30.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f88a9d1c-bc21-42aa-9425-9a3f9e907048

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122532

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 (1982:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41359/115181668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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