Crocidura thomensis

(du Bocage, 1887)

Sao Tome 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

Bocage, J.V.B. du. 1887-02. Sur un mammifère nouveau de l'Ile S. Thomé. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes (1)11(44):212-213.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418032

Original name as described

Sorex (Crocidura) thomensis

Other common names

Sao Tome Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-460

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-460

Type locality

São Tomé Island.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

São Tomé and Príncipe

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004021

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.

Sorex (Crocidura) thomensis

(du Bocage, 1887)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thomensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-460

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-460

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3418032

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Crocidura thomensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thomensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Hutterer (1993:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5594/115076316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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