Myosorex zinki

Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956

Kilimanjaro 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. and Lamotte, M. 1956. Évolution et phylogénie des soricidés africains. Mammalia 20(2):140-167.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1956.20.2.140

Original name as described

Myosorex blarina zinki

Type material

SMNS 4505

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

south-east slope of Mount Kilimanjaro, 3700 m, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004109

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 blarina zinki

Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zinki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 4505

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

148

Authority publication

Mammalia

Myosorex zinki

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

zinki

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 (2013:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45048) (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 #45048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45048/115201876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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