Crocidura yankariensis

Hutterer & P. D. Jenkins, 1980

Yankari 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

Hutterer, R. and Jenkins, P.D. 1980-12-18. A new species of Crocidura from Nigeria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)39(5):305-310.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2294591

Original name as described

Crocidura yankariensis

Other common names

Yankari Shrew

Type material

HNHM 80.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Futuk (9°50'N, 10°55'E), 16 km east of Yankari Game Reserve boundary, Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Somalia · Central African Republic? · Chad?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004038

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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 yankariensis

Hutterer & P. D. Jenkins, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

yankariensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 80.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2294591

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41367) (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 #41367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41367/115182133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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