Suncus niger

(Horsfield, 1851)

Nilgiri 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

Authority citation

Horsfield, T. 1851. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. J. & H. Cox, London, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832432

Original name as described

Sorex niger

Other common names

South Indian Highland Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.478, ZSI 15549

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5fa1695f-446f-4e4e-a358-07633e74de7b

Type locality

"Madras," India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

Taxonomy notes

split from S. montanus

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004068

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 niger

(Horsfield, 1851)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.478, ZSI 15549

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5fa1695f-446f-4e4e-a358-07633e74de7b

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832432

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1855:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39412)
  2. Tomes (1856:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2245479) (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. Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Jerdon (1867:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Suncus montanus niger

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Suncus niger

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

463

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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