Suncus aequatorius

(E. Heller, 1912)

Taita Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heller, E. 1912-11-04. New races of insectivores, bats, and lemurs from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(12):1-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910534

Original name as described

Pachyura lixa aequatoria

Other common names

Dodoma Shrew · Taita Dwarf Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:181814

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/376f84e81-251b-433c-af7d-467603e218a6

Type locality

Summit of Mt. Sagalla, Taita Hills, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004054

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.

Pachyura lixa aequatoria

(E. Heller, 1912)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

aequatorius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181814

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/376f84e81-251b-433c-af7d-467603e218a6

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910534

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Suncus aequatorius

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

aequatorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136224/22289522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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