Congosorex polli

(Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956)

Greater Congo Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heim de Balsac, H. and Lamotte, M. 1956. Évolution et phylogénie des soricidés africains. Mammalia 20(2):140-167.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1956.20.2.140

Original name as described

Myosorex polli

Other common names

Poll's Shrew

Type material

RMCA 23234

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lubondai via Tshimbulu (06° 30' S, 22° 39' E), Kasai Province (= Kasi-Central Province), DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004089

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.

Myosorex polli

(Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

polli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 23234

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

155

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Congosorex polli

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

polli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5221/115071815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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