Scutisorex somereni

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Armored Hero Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1910-07-01. A new genus of fruit-bats and two new shrews from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)6(31):111-114.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628870

Original name as described

Sylvisorex somereni

Other common names

Armored Shrew · Hero Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1910.5.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/23076c41-7822-4504-be37-23f60bae999d

Type locality

Kyetume, near Kampala, Uganda.

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/1004051

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.

Sylvisorex somereni

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

somereni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.5.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/23076c41-7822-4504-be37-23f60bae999d

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628870

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Scutisorex congicus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

congicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.9.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/867f0a22-8324-4a0c-9e8c-a574e2ebd9d5

Authority page

470

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131567

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Scutisorex somereni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

somereni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:89, 90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41449/166519064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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