Myosorex longicaudatus

Meester & Dippenaar, 1978

Long-tailed 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

Meester, J.A.J. and Dippenaar, N.J. 1978. A new species of Myosorex from Knysna, South Africa (Mammalia: Soricidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 31(4):29-42.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/10520/AJA00411752_200

Original name as described

Myosorex longicaudatus

Other common names

Long-tailed Forest Shrew

Type material

TM 26311

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Diepwalle State Forest Station, 14 km NNE of Knysna (33° 57' S, 23° 10' E), Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004101

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 longicaudatus

Meester & Dippenaar, 1978

Family

Soricidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 26311

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

30

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14108/22286725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myosorex longicaudatus boosmani

Dippenaar, 1995

Family

Soricidae

Root name

boosmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 32123

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1085

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Myosorex longicaudatus longicaudatus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Myosorex longicaudatus boosnami

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

boosnami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

548

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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