Crocidura tarfayaensis
I. E. Vesmanis & A. Vesmanis, 1980
Saharan 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
Vesmanis, I.E. and Vesmanis, A. 1980-04-30. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Crociduren-Fauna Marokkos. Zoologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 36(2):11-80.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112565162-005Original name as described
Crocidura tarfayaensis
Other common names
Saharan Shrew · Tarfaya Shrew
Type material
USNM:MAMM:470590
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fe5d7af5-5f8d-435d-afb2-681ca86ef468Type locality
8 km south Tarfaya, 27°50'N, 12°30'W, Agadir Province, Morocco.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Afrotropic
Country distribution
Morocco · Mauritania
Taxonomy notes
spelling changed from 'tarfayensis' to 'tarfayaensis' to match original description
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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