Crocidura dolichura

W. C. H. Peters, 1876

Long-tailed 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1876. Über die von dem verstorbenen Professor Dr. Reinhold Buchbolz in Westafrika gesammelten Säugethiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876:469-485.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329852

Original name as described

Crocidura (Croc.) dolichura

Other common names

Long-tailed Musk Shrew

Type material

ZMB Mam_5037

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bonjongo, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003876

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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.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Crocidura (Croc.) dolichura

W. C. H. Peters, 1876

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dolichura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB Mam_5037

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bonjongo

Type locality

Cameroon: 4°3′57″N, 9°10′35″E.

Authority page

475

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329852

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1876:475, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
Trouessart (1904:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Dollman (1915:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
Allen (1939:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Heim de Balsac (1958:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68610)
Eisentraut (1963:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Happold & Happold (2013:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40628/115176367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura dolichura dolichura:

Eisentraut, 1963

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dolichura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

Eisentraut (1963:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

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