Myosorex jejei

Kerbis Peterhans & Hutterer in Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer, Mwanga, Ndara, L. Davenport, Karhagomba, & Udelhoven, 2010

Kahuzi 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

Authority citation

Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Hutterer, R., Mwanga, J., Ndara, B., Davenport, L., Karhagomba, I.B. and Udelhoven, J. 2010-12. African shrews endemic to the Albertine Rift: Two new species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of East African Natural History 99(2):103-128.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.2982/028.099.0201

Original name as described

Myosorex jejei

Other common names

Kahuzi Swamp Shrew

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:189098

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f162afac-de70-4e49-a799-3068feb261c2

Type locality

"Musisi Swamp (2° 16'24"S, 28° 41'27"E, 2200 m), Mugaba Sector, Kahuzi Biega National Park, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Peterhans, J. C. K., Hutterer, R., Mwanga, J., Ndara, B., Davenport, L., Karhagomba, I. B., & Udelhoven, J. (2010). African shrews endemic to the Albertine Rift: two new species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of East African Natural History, 99(2), 103-128.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004098

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 jejei

Kerbis Peterhans & Hutterer in Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer, Mwanga, Ndara, L. Davenport, Karhagomba, & Udelhoven, 2010

Family

Soricidae

Root name

jejei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:189098

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f162afac-de70-4e49-a799-3068feb261c2

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Journal of East African Natural History

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45954378/166522323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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