Crocidura stenocephala

Heim de Balsac in Dieterlen & Heim de Balsac, 1979

Kahuzi White-toothed Swamp 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

Dieterlen, F. and Heim de Balsac, H. 1979. Zur Ökologie und Taxonomie der Spitzmause (Soricidae) des Kivu-Gebietes. Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 27:241-287.

Original name as described

Crocidura littoralis stenocephala

Other common names

Kahuzi Swamp Shrew · Narrow-headed Shrew

Type material

SMNS 22804

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, eastern DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004009

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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 littoralis stenocephala

Heim de Balsac in Dieterlen & Heim de Balsac, 1979

Family

Soricidae

Root name

stenocephala

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 22804

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

258

Authority publication

Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen

Crocidura stenocephala

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

stenocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5582/22304177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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