Crocidura pediculus
Voet, R. Cornette, & Nicolas in Voet, Delapre, Denys, Lalis, R. Cornette, & Nicolas, 2026
Little-footed White-toothed Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Superfamily | : Soricoidea |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
| Genus | : Crocidura |
Species status
Authority citation
Voet, I., Delapre, A., Denys, C., Lalis, A., Cornette, R. and Nicolas, V. 2026-02-17. Integrative taxonomy resolves a new West African Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) species, cryptic to Crocidura grandiceps in color, but distinct in size. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039:297-322.
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Original name as described
Crocidura pediculus
Type material
MNHN-ZM-2013-503
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Zogota; 7.944° N, 9.105° W", Guinea
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Cote d'Ivoire · Guinea · Liberia
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Voet, I., Delapre, A., Denys, C., Lalis, A., Cornette, R. and Nicolas, V. 2026. Integrative taxonomy resolves a new West African Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) species, cryptic to Crocidura grandiceps in color, but distinct in size. European Journal of Taxonomy 1039:297-322. doi:10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3197
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
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