Congosorex verheyeni

Hutterer, Barrière, & Colyn, 2001

Lesser 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

Hutterer, R., Barrière, P. and Colyn, M. 2001-12-20. A new myosoricine shrew from the Congo Basin referable to the forgotten genus Congosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 71(Suppl.):7-16.

Authority publication link

https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-institute-of-natural-sciences-biologie/71-sup-2001/bulletinbiologie71sup-article1.pdf

Original name as described

Congosorex verheyeni

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1999.932

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mbomo (00° 24' N, 14° 44'E), Parc National d'Odzala, Republic of the Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Cameroon?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004090

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.

Congosorex verheyeni

Hutterer, Barrière, & Colyn, 2001

Family

Soricidae

Root name

verheyeni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1999.932

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:53) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44935) (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 #44935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44935/22290312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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