Myosorex cafer

(Sundevall, 1847)

Dark-footed 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

Sundevall, C.J. 1847. Nya Mammalia från Sydafrika. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3:118-121.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581776

Original name as described

Sorex cafer

Other common names

Dark-footed Forest Shrew

Type locality

"E Caffraria interiore et Port-Natal" (= Durban, KwaZulu–Natal Province, South Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004094

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.

Sorex cafer

(Sundevall, 1847)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cafer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2581776

Authority publication

Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar

Myosorex swinnyi

Chubb, 1908

Family

Soricidae

Root name

swinnyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

unnumbered

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50470946

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Myosorex caffer

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caffer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439528

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Roberts (1924:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)

Myosorex cafer

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cafer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/110660763/50585251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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