Crocidura cypria

Bate, 1904

Cyprus 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

Bate, D.M.A. 1904-04-01. The mammals of Cyprus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903-II(2):341-348.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31610429

Original name as described

Crocidura russula cypria

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.12.4.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/65159f78-d894-47fe-8ca2-9763234dd2b5

Type locality

"not far from Papho in the south-west of the island", Cyprus.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Cyprus

Taxonomy notes

split from C. guildenstaedtii (previously under C. suaveolens)

Taxonomy notes citation

Gritsyshin, V.A., Lisenkova, A.A., Speranskaya, A.S., Artyushin, I.V., Sheftel, B.I., Лебедев, В.С. and Bannikova, A.A. 2023. Multilocus analysis of phylogenetic relationships in the _Crocidura suaveolens_ sensu lato species complex: A comparison with mitochondrial data. Doklady Biological Sciences 509(1):128-134. doi:10.1134/S0012496623700308 · Mahmoudi, A., Shad, H. H., & Kryštufek, B. (2025). White-toothed shrew (genus Crocidura) diversity in Iran: Molecular evidence and taxonomic implications. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 314, 149-158.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006924

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.

Crocidura russula cypria

Bate, 1904

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cypria

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.12.4.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/65159f78-d894-47fe-8ca2-9763234dd2b5

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31610429

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura cypria

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cypria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. İbiş, Koepfli, Özcan & Tez (2023:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67010)

Crocidura suaveolens praecypria

Reumer & Oberli, 1988

Family

Soricidae

Root name

praecypria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMR 999100003290

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/nmr/nmr-chordata?id=nmr999100003290

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45088000

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura gueldenstaedtii cypria

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cypria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

496

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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