Scutisorex thori

Stanley, Malekani, & Gambalemoke in Stanley, L. W. Robbins, Malekani, Gambalemoke, Migurimu, J. C. Mukinzi, J. Hulselmans, Prévot, E. Verheyen, Hutterer, Doty, Monroe, Nakazawa, Braden, D. Carroll, Kerbis Peterhans, J. M. Bates, & Esselstyn, 2013

Thor's 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

Authority citation

Stanley, W.T., Robbins, L.W., Malekani, J.M., Gambalemoke, S., Migurimu, D.A., Mukinzi, J.C., Hulselmans, J., Prévot, V., Verheyen, E., Hutterer, R., Doty, J.B., Monroe, B.P., Nakazawa, Y.J., Braden, Z., Carroll, D., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Bates, J.M. and Esselstyn, J.A. 2013-10-23. A new hero emerges: another exceptional mammalian spine and its potential adaptive significance. Biology Letters 9(5):20130486.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.0486

Original name as described

Scutisorex thori

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:219669

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e17ba223-86b1-4efd-86b5-253412410619

Type locality

"Baleko, Tshuapa District, Équateur Province, DRC (0.24127° S, 20.8833° E, 358 m.a.s.l.)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Stanley, W. T., Robbins, L. W., Malekani, J. M., Mbalitini, S. G., Migurimu, D. A., Mukinzi, J. C., ... & Doty, J. B. (2013). A new hero emerges: another exceptional mammalian spine and its potential adaptive significance. Biology letters, 9(5), 20130486.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004052

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.

Scutisorex thori

Stanley, Malekani, & Gambalemoke in Stanley, L. W. Robbins, Malekani, Gambalemoke, Migurimu, J. C. Mukinzi, J. Hulselmans, Prévot, E. Verheyen, Hutterer, Doty, Monroe, Nakazawa, Braden, D. Carroll, Kerbis Peterhans, J. M. Bates, & Esselstyn, 2013

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thori

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:219669

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e17ba223-86b1-4efd-86b5-253412410619

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Biology Letters

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112390882/112390898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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