Crocidura baletei

Esselstyn, A. S. Achmadi, Handika, Swanson, Giarla, & K. C. Rowe, 2021

Balete's White-toothed Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Esselstyn, J.A., Achmadi, A.S., Handika, H., Swanson, M.T., Giarla, T.C. and Rowe, K.C. 2021. Fourteen new, endemic species of shrew (genus Crocidura) from Sulawesi reveal a spectacular island radiation. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 454:1-108.

Original name as described

Crocidura baletei

Type material

MZB 43005

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Indonesia, Sulawesi Tengah, Toli Toli, Galang, Malangga Selatan, Mt. Dako; 1.10607° N, 120.93853° E, 1600 m."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Esselstyn, J. A., Achmadi, A. S., Handika, H., Swanson, M. T., Giarla, T. C., & Rowe, K. C. (2021). Fourteen New, Endemic Species of Shrew (Genus Crocidura) from Sulawesi Reveal a Spectacular Island Radiation. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 454(1), 1-108.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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