Anourosorex yamashinai

Kuroda, 1935

Taiwanese Mole Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Anourosoricini
Genus : Anourosorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kuroda, N. 1935. Formosan mammals preserved in the collection of Marquis Yamashina. Journal of Mammalogy 16(4):277-291.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1374636

Original name as described

Anourosorex squamipes yamashinai

Type material

YIO 714

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Taiheizan, Taihoku-siu, 5500 feet [= 1676 m], northern Formosa [= Taiwan]," China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Taiwan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004116

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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.

Anourosorex squamipes yamashinai

Kuroda, 1935

Family

Soricidae

Root name

yamashinai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

YIO 714

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

288

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Anourosorex yamashinai

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

yamashinai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136257/22311945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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