Crocidura palawanensis

E. H. Taylor, 1934

Palawan White-toothed Shrew

Adult male, FMNH 195215. Formerly Soricomorpha. Also as Palawan Shrew.
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Location:Philippines, Palawan province, Rizal municipality, 2 km W, 0.7 km S Mt. Mantalingahan peak, 1,750 m, 8.81301°N, 117.66313°EDate taken:Jun 22, 2007

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4234

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

Taylor, E.H. 1934-06-30. Philippine land mammals. Monographs of the Bureau of Science 30:1-548.

Original name as described

Crocidura palawanensis

Other common names

Palawan Shrew

Type material

AMNH M-241679

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-241679

Type locality

Sir J. Brooke Point, Palawan, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003977

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: 1 name and synonym.

Crocidura palawanensis

E. H. Taylor, 1934

Family

Soricidae

Root name

palawanensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-241679

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-241679

Authority page

88

Authority publication

Monographs of the Bureau of Science

Name usages

  1. Sanborn (1952:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (1993:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5613/22297590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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