Sylvisorex pluvialis

Hutterer & Schlitter, 1996

Rainforest 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

Hutterer, R. and Schlitter, D.A. 1996. Shrews of Korup National Park, Cameroon, with the description of a new Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae). Pp. 57–66 in Genoways, H.H. and Baker, R.J. (eds.). Contributions in mammalogy: A memorial volume honoring Dr. J. Knox Jones, Jr. Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, il+315 pp.

Original name as described

Sylvisorex pluvialis

Type material

CM 107950

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ikenge Research Station, Korup National Park, 160 m (05° 16' N, 09° 08' E), South West Province, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004085

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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 pluvialis

Hutterer & Schlitter, 1996

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pluvialis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 107950

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Lubbock

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45049/115202001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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