Surdisorex polulus

Hollister, 1916

Mount Kenya Mole Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Myosoricinae
Genus : Surdisorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hollister, N. 1916-02-10. Descriptions of a new genus and eight new species and subspecies of African mammals. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 66(1):1-8.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837318

Original name as described

Surdisorex polulus

Other common names

Mount Kenya Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:163992

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b7557e29-025d-4be4-8667-c5bfdd15d146

Type locality

"west side of Mount Kenia [sic], British East Africa [= Kenya], at 10,700 feet [= 3261 m] altitude."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004111

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.

Surdisorex polulus

Hollister, 1916

Family

Soricidae

Root name

polulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:163992

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b7557e29-025d-4be4-8667-c5bfdd15d146

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837318

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21135/115160262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Myosorex polulus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

polulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority publication

London

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)

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