Myosorex schalleri

Heim de Balsac, 1966

Schaller'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

Heim de Balsac, H. 1966. Faits nouveaux concernant l'évolution crânio-dentaire des Soricinés (Mammifères Insectivores). Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences (D)263:889-892.

Original name as described

Myosorex schalleri

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-1107

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-1107

Type locality

Nzombe (Mwenga), Itombwe Mountains, eastern DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004105

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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 schalleri

Heim de Balsac, 1966

Family

Soricidae

Root name

schalleri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-1107

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-1107

Authority page

889

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hutterer (1993:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14110/115120282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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