Paracrocidura graueri

Hutterer, 1986

Grauer's Large-headed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Paracrocidura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hutterer, R. 1986-06. Synopsis der Gattung Paracrocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae), mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 37(2):73-90.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44675739

Original name as described

Paracrocidura graueri

Other common names

Grauer's Shrew

Type material

ZMB 83255

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sibatwa, 2000 m, Itombwe Mountains, 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/1004047

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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.

Paracrocidura graueri

Hutterer, 1986

Family

Soricidae

Root name

graueri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 83255

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44675739

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Hutterer (1993:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16042/115131203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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