Crocidura trichura

Dobson in O. Thomas, 1889

Christmas Island 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

Thomas, O. 1889-04. On the mammals of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888(4):532-534.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31826037

Original name as described

Crocidura fuliginosa trichura

Other common names

Christmas Island Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.7.9.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dc802590-2637-454f-8e4b-b93e4a1a4daf

Type locality

Christmas Island, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Christmas Island

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004022

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 fuliginosa trichura

Dobson in O. Thomas, 1889

Family

Soricidae

Root name

trichura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.7.9.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dc802590-2637-454f-8e4b-b93e4a1a4daf

Authority page

532

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31826037

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Crocidura trichura

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

trichura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

31

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136379/22304640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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