Crocidura muricauda

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

West African 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-12-28. A collection of small mammals from Mount Coffee, Liberia. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:631-649.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872721

Original name as described

Myosorex muricauda

Other common names

Mouse-tailed Shrew · West African Long-tailed Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:83809

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ef0d9b0-efc1-4d2b-b578-2c5d95f6a923

Type locality

Mount Coffee, Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Guinea · Liberia · Sierra Leone

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003954

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Myosorex muricauda

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

muricauda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:83809

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Coffee, Liberia, Africa

Type locality

Liberia: 6°30′N, 10°35′W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ef0d9b0-efc1-4d2b-b578-2c5d95f6a923

Authority page

645

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872721

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Miller (1900:645, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17064)
Trouessart (1904:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Crocidura muricauda:

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Soricidae

Root name

muricauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

571

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248251

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:571, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Allen (1939:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hutterer (1993:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Happold & Happold (2013:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41339/115179514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura dolichura muricauda:

Heim de Balsac, 1958

Family

Soricidae

Root name

muricauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

323

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique Noire

Name usages

Heim de Balsac (1958:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68610)

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