Crocidura virgata

Sanderson, 1940

Mamfe 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

Sanderson, I.T. 1940-01. The Mammals of the North Cameroons Forest Area. Being the Results of the Percy Sladen Expedition to the Mamfe Division of the British Cameroons. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 24(7):623-726.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1940.tb00342.x

Original name as described

Crocidura occidentalis virgata

Other common names

Mamfe Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1939.320

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2664b271-ad4b-454e-8c2c-7f0ecfea6dcf

Type locality

Tinta (06° 15'N, 09° 31'E), Assumbo, Mamfe Division, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004028

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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 occidentalis virgata

Sanderson, 1940

Family

Soricidae

Root name

virgata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1939.320

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2664b271-ad4b-454e-8c2c-7f0ecfea6dcf

Authority page

682

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Crocidura vulcani

Heim de Balsac, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

vulcani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 91354

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

134

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura virgata

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

virgata

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 (2013:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136602/22309454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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