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/10.1515/9783112565162-005

Original name as described

Crocidura tarfayaensis

Other common names

Saharan Shrew · Tarfaya Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:470590

Type kind

holotype

Type 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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