Sylvisorex ollula

O. Thomas, 1913

Greater 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

Thomas, O. 1913-03-01. On African bats and shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(63):314-321.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635882

Original name as described

Sylvisorex ollula

Other common names

Forest Musk Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.8.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98abe342-bbd4-41f9-8d17-3356280e9828

Type locality

Ja River, 2000 feet (= 610 m), Bitye, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004083

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.

Sylvisorex ollula

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ollula

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.8.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98abe342-bbd4-41f9-8d17-3356280e9828

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635882

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:101, 102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48294467/22291264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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