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

Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., vol. 59, 26

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

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