Myosorex kabogoensis

Kerbis Peterhans & Hutterer in Kerbis Peterhans, Huhndorf, Plumptre, Hutterer, Kaleme, & Ndara, 2013

Kabogo 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., Huhndorf, M.H., Plumptre, A.J., Hutterer, R., Kaleme, P. and Ndara, B. 2013. Mammals, other than bats, from the Misotshi-Kabogo highlands (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), with the description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin 62(2):203-219.

Original name as described

Myosorex kabogoensis

Other common names

Misotshi-Kabogo Myosorex

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:195079

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mt. Misotshi area, 4 km SW of the village of Talama, above the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (29°4'49"E 4°59'29"S, 1950 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Huhndorf, M.H., Plumptre, A.J., Hutterer, R., Kaleme, P. & Ndara, B. (2013). Mammals, other than bats, from the Misotshi-Kabogo highlands (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), with the description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 62, 203–219.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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