Crocidura susiana

Redding & D. M. Lay, 1978

Iranian 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

Redding, R.W. and Lay, D.M. 1978. Description of a new species of shrew of the genus Crocidura (Mammalia: Insectivora: Soricidae) from southwestern Iran. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 43:306-310.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45539936

Original name as described

Crocidura susiana

Other common names

Iranian Shrew · Susiana Shrew

Type material

UMMZ 120206

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

8 km SSW of Dezful (32°19'N, 48°21'E), Khuzestan Province, Iran.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004011

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 susiana

Redding & D. M. Lay, 1978

Family

Soricidae

Root name

susiana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 120206

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45539936

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5618/115077828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  11. Mahmoudi, Shad & Kryštufek (2025:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69358)

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