Crocidura malayana

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1911

Malayan 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

Robinson, H.C. and Kloss, C.B. 1911. On new mammals from the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 4(3-4):241-246.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19043191

Original name as described

Crocidura malayana

Other common names

Malayan Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1949.427

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4e71a631-3f9b-43f2-a841-4167e9469488

Type locality

Maxwell's Hill, Perak, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Singapore · Thailand

Taxonomy notes

includes negligens

Taxonomy notes citation

Hinckley, A., Camacho-Sanchez, M., Ruedi, M., Hawkins, M.T.R., Mullon, M., Cornellas, A., Tuh Yit Yuh, F. and Leonard, J.A. 2022. Evolutionary history of Sundaland shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae: Crocidura) with a focus on Borneo. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(2):478-501. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab045

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003941

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.

Total: 9 names and synonyms.

Crocidura major

Kloss, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1422 (= FMSM 2573/10)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Great Redang Islands, near Trengganu, East Coast of the Malay Peninsula (type from Great Redang).

Type locality

Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94847871-72ef-47b9-91c9-73f0d22754cd

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15814821

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Crocidura malayana

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

malayana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1949.427

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

on Maxwell's Hill, near Taiping, Perak, 3, 300 feet

Type locality

Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4e71a631-3f9b-43f2-a841-4167e9469488

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19043191

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

Chasen (1940:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Hutterer (1993:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5605/22298569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura aoris

H. C. Robinson, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

aoris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1423 (= FMSM 166/12)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Batu Berhala, Pulau Aor, Johore Archipelago, South China Sea

Type locality

Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c119e79a-cc15-4d35-8874-c826daaf34ab

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640660

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Chasen (1940:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura klossii

H. C. Robinson, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

klossii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1422 (= FMSM 2573/10)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Great Redang Islands, near Trengganu, East Coast of the Malay Peninsula (type from Great Redang).

Type locality

Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/94847871-72ef-47b9-91c9-73f0d22754cd

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640660

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Chasen (1940:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

Crocidura negligens

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1914

Family

Soricidae

Root name

negligens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1425 (= FMSM 275/13)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Koh Samui, N.E. Malay Peninsula

Type locality

Thailand.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/726d9245-1bbb-4d14-a532-61809f37b6a9

Authority page

232

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640991

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Chasen (1940:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136786/22296214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura maporensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss in H. C. Robinson, 1916

Family

Soricidae

Root name

maporensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1421

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

East side of Pulau Mapor, Rhio-Lingga Archipelago

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra: Riau Islands.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/38a24654-b71f-4e67-8727-5f34c7e96ffd

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063806

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

Chasen (1940:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura aagaardi

Kloss, 1917

Family

Soricidae

Root name

aagaardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1420 (= CBK 2604)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bang Nara, Patani, Peninsular Siam

Type locality

Thailand.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ef155a2b-3086-459f-acb7-f30e782e0f8c

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12264293

Authority publication

Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam

Name usages

Chasen (1940:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura tionis

Kloss, 1917

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tionis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.10.19.3 (= FMSM 881/15)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tioman Island, East Coast Malay Peninsula

Type locality

Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0e9e841-ea35-4f26-ad02-7efe504c6a82

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063870

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

Chasen (1940:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

klossi:

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

klossi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

239

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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