Suncus montanus

(Kelaart, 1850)

Sri Lankan Highland 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

Kelaart, E.F. 1850b. Description of new species and varieties of mammals found in Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society vol. 2, no. 5: 208–215 (321-328 in reprint of 1890)

Original name as described

Sorex montanus

Other common names

Asian Highland Shrew · Black Shrew-mouse · Hill Shrew

Type locality

Pidurutalagala, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. niger

Taxonomy notes citation

Meegaskymbura, S., Schneider, C.J. 2008. A taxonomic evaluation of the shew Suncus montanus (Soricidae: Crocidurinae) of Sri Lanka in India. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 37(2): 129-136.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004066

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.

Sorex ferrugineus

(Kelaart, 1850)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ferrugineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

212

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Blyth (1852:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  3. Blyth (1855:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39412)
  4. Tomes (1856:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2245478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67817)
  5. Kelaart (1890:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex montanus

(Kelaart, 1850)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Blyth (1855:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39412)
  3. Tomes (1856:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2245478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67817)
  4. Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Kelaart (1890:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Sorex Kelaarti

(E. Blyth, 1855)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kelaarti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15516

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268320

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1855:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39412)
  2. Tomes (1856:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2245478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67817)
  3. Blyth (1863:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex Kelaartii

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kelaartii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Pachyura montanus

(W. W. A. Phillips, 1925)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

191

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

Phillips (1925:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67770)

Suncus montanus ferrugineus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ferrugineus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

311

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Phillips (1928:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67777)
  2. Phillips (1929:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)

Crocidura kelaarti

(W. W. A. Phillips, 1928)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kelaarti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

318

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Phillips (1928:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67777)
  2. Phillips (1929:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)

Suncus montanus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Phillips (1928:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67777)
  2. Phillips (1929:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21147/22289201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Suncus montanus montanus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Phillips (1928:307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67777)
  2. Phillips (1929:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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