Crocidura narcondamica
Kamalakannan, Sivaperuman, Kundu, Gokulakrishnan, Venkatraman, & Chandra, 2021
Narcondam White-toothed Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
| Genus | : Crocidura |
Species status
Authority citation
Kamalakannan, M., Sivaperuman, C., Kundu, S., Gokulakrishnan, G., Venkatraman, C. and Chandra, K. 2021-05-03. Discovery of a new mammal species (Soricidae: Eulipotyphla) from Narcondam volcanic island, India. Scientific Reports 11(9416):1-11.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88859-4Original name as described
Crocidura narcondamica
Other common names
Narcondom Shrew
Type material
ZSI 29313
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Narcondam Island (13° 27.290′ N, 94° 16.436′ E), Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, in the Bay of Bengal, India ...; 11 m elevation."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Kamalakannan, M., Sivaperuman, C., Kundu, S., Gokulakrishnan, G., Venkatraman, C., & Chandra, K. (2021). Discovery of A New Mammal Species (Soricidae: Eulipotyphla) From Narcondam Volcanic Island, India. Scientific Reports, 11, 9416.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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