Myosorex babaulti

Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956

Babault's Mouse Shrew

Taxonomy

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

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 babaulti

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1956-576

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1956-576

Type locality

"Kivu," DR Congo."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004091

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 babaulti

Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

babaulti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1956-576

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1956-576

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Happold & Happold (2013:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41380/22287111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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