Crocidura tarella

Dollman, 1915

Tarella 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

Dollman, G. 1915-05-01. On the African shrews belonging to the genus Crocidura. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)15(89):507-527.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081

Original name as described

Crocidura turba tarella

Other common names

Tarella Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.12.3.52

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04ae3226-ab17-44b3-8bd4-b48552ac9e21

Type locality

Chaya, near Ruchuru, Congo Belge (= near Rutshuru, DR Congo).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004015

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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 turba tarella

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tarella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.12.3.52

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04ae3226-ab17-44b3-8bd4-b48552ac9e21

Authority page

511

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)

Crocidura tarella

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tarella

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 (2013:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41360) (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 #41360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41360/22311139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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