Myosorex kihaulei

Stanley & Hutterer, 2000

Kihaule'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

Stanley, W.T. and Hutterer, R. 2000. A new species of Myosorex Gray, 1832 (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Eastern Arc mountains, Tanzania. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 49(1-4):19-29.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629304

Original name as described

Myosorex kihaulei

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:155619

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f6657ed3-b74e-47f4-8cc5-dfe2e1c95c10

Type locality

19.5 km west of Chita, 2000 m Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004100

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 kihaulei

Stanley & Hutterer, 2000

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kihaulei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:155619

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=f6657ed3-b74e-47f4-8cc5-dfe2e1c95c10

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629304

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45047/22287518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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