Suncus zeylanicus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1928

Jungle 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

Spolia Zeylan., vol. 14, 313

Original name as described

Suncus zeylanicus

Other common names

Ceylon Jungle Shrew · Sri Lankan Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1928.1.25.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aadbcb46-7526-42d4-9b9a-3c300903259d

Type locality

"Gonagamma Estate, Kitulgala, in the south western foothills of the central mountain cluster, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka], 900 feet [= 275 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004072

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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 zeylanicus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zeylanicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1928.1.25.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aadbcb46-7526-42d4-9b9a-3c300903259d

Authority page

313

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21148/22289100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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