Paracrocidura maxima

Heim de Balsac, 1959

Greater 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

Heim de Balsac, H. 1959-03-28. Premières données sur la répartition générale, l'écologie et la variation morphologique du genre Paracrocidura Heim de Balsac en Afrique Centrale (Mammifères Insectivores Soricidae). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 59(1-2):19-28.

Original name as described

Paracrocidura schoutedeni maxima

Other common names

Greater Shrew

Type material

RMCA 1981.056-M-0117

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tshibati, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004048

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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 schoutedeni maxima

Heim de Balsac, 1959

Family

Soricidae

Root name

maxima

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1981.056-M-0117

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

Heim de Balsac (1959:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68478)

Paracrocidura maxima

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Soricidae

Root name

maxima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

36

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Hutterer (1993:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16043) (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 #16043) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16043/22311579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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