Suncus remyi

Brosset, Dubost, & Heim de Balsac, 1965

Remy's Pygmy 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

Brosset, A., Dubost, G. and Heim de Balsac, H. 1965. Mammifères inédits récoltés au Gabon. Biologia Gabonica 1:147-174.

Original name as described

Suncus remyi

Other common names

Gabon Dwarf Shrew · Remy's Dwarf Shrew · Remy's Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-1506

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1991-1506

Type locality

Makokou, Gabon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Cameroon?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004069

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.

Suncus remyi

Brosset, Dubost, & Heim de Balsac, 1965

Family

Soricidae

Root name

remyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1991-1506

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1991-1506

Authority page

170

Authority publication

Biologia Gabonica

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21140/22289636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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