Paracrocidura schoutedeni

Heim de Balsac, 1956

Lesser 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. 1956-10-20. Un Soricidae inédit et aberrant du Kasaï exige la création d'un Genre nouveau. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 54(1-2):137-146.

Original name as described

Paracrocidura schoutedeni

Other common names

Schouteden's Shrew

Type material

RMCA 23463

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Tshimbulu [Dibaya], Lubondaie (75 km S. Luluabourg)," Kasai, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004049

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.

Paracrocidura schoutedeni

Heim de Balsac, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

schoutedeni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 23463

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

137

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41383) (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 #41383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41383/115182800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paracrocidura schoutedeni camerunensis

Heim de Balsac, 1960

Family

Soricidae

Root name

camerunensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1961.760

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44733711

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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