Crocidura tansaniana

Hutterer, 1986

Tanzanian 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

Hutterer, R. 1986-03. Diagnosen neuer Spitzmäuse aus Tanzania (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 37(1):23-33.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44675679

Original name as described

Crocidura tansaniana

Other common names

Tanzanian Shrew

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1985.194

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Amani (05.06°S, 38.38°E), East Usambara Mountains, Tanga Region, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004014

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 tansaniana

Hutterer, 1986

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tansaniana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1985.194

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44675679

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112513345/112705120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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