Myosorex geata

(G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1927)

Geata 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

Allen, G.M. and Loveridge, A. 1927-12. Mammals from the Uluguru and Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika Territory. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 38(9):413-441.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822009248618?urlappend=%3Bseq=461%3Bownerid=9007199272427878-495

Original name as described

Crocidura maurisca geata

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:22447

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:22447

Type locality

Nyingwa, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004096

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.

Crocidura maurisca geata

(G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1927)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

geata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:22447

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:22447

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822009248618?urlappend=%3Bseq=461%3Bownerid=9007199272427878-495

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Allen & Loveridge (1927:417, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822009248618?urlappend=%3Bseq=461%3Bownerid=9007199272427878-495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)

Myosorex geata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

geata

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, 88) (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 (2013:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14107/115120122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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