Suncus fellowesgordoni

W. W. A. Phillips, 1932

Sri Lankan 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

Phillips, W.W.A. 1932. Additions to the fauna of Ceylon. No. 3. A new pigmy shrew from the mountains of central Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 17(2):123-126.

Original name as described

Suncus fellowes-gordoni

Other common names

Ceylon Pygmy Shrew · Gordon's Pygmy Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1932.6.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9f11b8c-71d7-4429-9035-7ee97ef6dde8

Type locality

West Haputale Estate (6000 ft. [= 1829 m]), Ohiya, Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004058

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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.

Suncus fellowes-gordoni

W. W. A. Phillips, 1932

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fellowesgordoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.6.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f9f11b8c-71d7-4429-9035-7ee97ef6dde8

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (1993:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21143/22289813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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