Crocidura suaveolens

(Pallas, 1811)

Lesser 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

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114066

Original name as described

Sorex suaveolens

Other common names

Lesser Shrew

Type locality

near Sevastopol, Khersones, Crimea Peninsula, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Belarus · Ukraine · Moldova · Russia · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Iran · Afghanistan? · China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

includes gmelini; previously included gueldenstaedtii

Taxonomy notes citation

Saeedzadeh, S., Mehdipour, A., Aliabadian, M., & Mahmoudi, A. (2017). New look to the con-specificity of the two shrews, Crocidura gmelini and C. suaveolens from Iran; geometric morphometric approach. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 13(2).

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004010

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 lar

G. M. Allen, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

lar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-59940

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-59940

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Crocidura suaveolens mordeni

G. G. Goodwin, 1934

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mordeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-85315

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-85315

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Crocidura astrabadensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Family

Soricidae

Root name

astrabadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88735

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88735

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Crocidura hyrcania

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hyrcania

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88738

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88738

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Sorex Gmelini

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gmelini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88745

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88745

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114067

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Lesson (1836:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Crocidura ilensis

G. S. Miller, 1901

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2dea95a9-9aab-49e3-8586-038d3ab3e4c6

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339117

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Crocidura lignicolor

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

lignicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:62180

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/302533e7b-b946-4730-8322-974d98cb245c

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872043

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Crocidura dinnicki

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dinnicki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 9169

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482959

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

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

Crocidura pamirensis

Ognev, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pamirensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-4553

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-4553

Authority page

366

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Crocidura leucodon heptapotamica

Stroganov, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

heptapotamica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-83192

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-83192

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Труды Биологического Института, Академия Наук СССР, Западно-Сибирский Филиал

Crocidura suaveolens

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

suaveolens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:82, 83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/221735459/221735673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura gmelini

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gmelini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41319/22307461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura suaveolens ilensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Crocidura suaveolens pamirensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pamirensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Crocidura suaveolens suaveolens

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

suaveolens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex suaveolens

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

suaveolens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114066

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Lesson (1836:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Sorex (Crocidura) fumigatus

(di Filippi, 1863)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fumigata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

379

Authority publication

Archivio Zool. Anat. Fisiol. Genova

Name usages

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

Sorex bogdanowii

(Tikhomirov & Korchagin, 1889)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bogdanowii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Mem. Sect. Zool. Amis. Sci. Nat. Moscou

Name usages

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

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