Myosorex rumpii

Heim de Balsac, 1968

Rumpi 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

Heim de Balsac, H. 1968. Contribution à l'étude des Soricidae de Fernando Po et du Cameroun. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 19(1-2):15-42.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44746651

Original name as described

Myosorex eisentrauti rumpii

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1969.375

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rumpi Hills, 1100 m, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004104

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 eisentrauti rumpii

Heim de Balsac, 1968

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rumpii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1969.375

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44746651

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Myosorex rumpii

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rumpii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14113/115120529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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