Myosorex varius

(Smuts, 1832)

South African 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

Smuts, J. 1832. Dissertatio zoologica, enumerationem mammalium capensium continens. J. C. Cyfveer, Leiden, 108 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088798

Original name as described

Sorex varius

Other common names

Forest Shrew

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39038.a, RMNH.MAM.39038.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39038.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39038.b

Type locality

Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope (= Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004108

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.

Sorex herpestes

(Duvernoy, 1838)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

herpestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-151 (= MNHN ? 93)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-151

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33962194

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg

Name usages

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

Sorex varius

(Smuts, 1832)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

varius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39038.a, RMNH.MAM.39038.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39038.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39038.b

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43088798

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Lesson (1836:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Myosorex transvaalensis

A. Roberts, 1924

Family

Soricidae

Root name

transvaalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2959

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Myosorex varius

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Soricidae

Root name

varius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571009

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34967)
  2. Lesson (1842:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Roberts (1913:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41382/115519477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myosorex varius pondoensis

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pondoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

311

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

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