Crocidura zimmeri

Osgood, 1936

Upemba 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. 1936-12-28. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 20(21):217-256.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778317

Original name as described

Crocidura zimmeri

Other common names

Zimmer's Shrew

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:29391

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=3c25f523-2b1e-4104-b5c3-6dcf381d0e6e

Type locality

"Lualaba River, Katobwe," near Bukama, Katanga Province, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004042

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 zimmeri

Osgood, 1936

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zimmeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:29391

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=3c25f523-2b1e-4104-b5c3-6dcf381d0e6e

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778317

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5640/115079422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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