Sylvisorex morio

(J. E. Gray, 1862)

Mount Cameroon Forest Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Sylvisorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1862-09. List of Mammalia from the Camaroon Mountains, collected by Capt. Burton, H.M. Consul, Fernando Po. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862(2):180-181.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577212

Original name as described

Crocidura morio

Other common names

Arrogant Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.6, BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.7

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13ce2259-16b9-40e4-8aef-e74f90563ca2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85b9e95f-52be-411d-a989-f832b52bba3a

Type locality

"Camaroon [= Cameroon] Mountains, 7000 feet [= 2134 m] above the level of the sea," Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004082

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.

Crocidura morio

(J. E. Gray, 1862)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

morio

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.6, BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.7

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/13ce2259-16b9-40e4-8aef-e74f90563ca2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85b9e95f-52be-411d-a989-f832b52bba3a

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577212

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1862:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15688)

Sorex morio

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

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)

Myosorex preussi

(Matschie, 1893)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

preussi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 6991

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795851

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Eisentraut (1963:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Myosorex morio

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

931

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988170

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:931, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Sylvisorex morio

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Soricidae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207401

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1904:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31207401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66004)
  2. Thomas (1907:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17638)
  3. Eisentraut (1963:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Hutterer (1993:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  8. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  9. Happold & Happold (2013:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21221/115161075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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