Crocidura voi

Osgood, 1910

Voi 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

Osgood, W.H. 1910. Further new mammals from British East Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(3):15-21.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462193

Original name as described

Crocidura voi

Other common names

Voi Shrew

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:16942

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=7a60526b-f7c3-4f9a-a08e-295381fcda38

Type locality

Voi, British East Africa (= Kenya).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Somalia · Mali · Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004029

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 butleri

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

butleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.4.2.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5ffa4ce5-15fd-4890-bbee-96ced7d7ffac

Authority page

375

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099038

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:513, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura percivali

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

percivali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.7.1.61

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5270661b-f66a-4f98-b991-d7bf253ca848 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80bb18fc-d26e-42e4-a157-b23ea72022b3

Authority page

513

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256083

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:513, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura aridula

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

aridula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.61

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b4dd16a-734b-4b48-8dba-9d57941d6860

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551140

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura voi

Osgood, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

voi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:16942

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=7a60526b-f7c3-4f9a-a08e-295381fcda38

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462193

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1915:513, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41365/115182001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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