Crocidura poensis

(L. Fraser, 1843)

Fraser's 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

Fraser, L. 1843-02. Mr. Fraser exhibited a specimen of the Galago Senegalensis, procured at Cape Coast, Western Africa, and a new species of Shrew from Fernando Po, . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842:200-201.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679962

Original name as described

Sorex (Crocidura) Poensis

Other common names

Fraser's Shrew · Fraser's Musk Shrew

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Clarence, Fernando Po, (= Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Ghana · Liberia · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Sierra Leone · Zambia

Taxonomy notes

includes batesi; populations in West Africa (including the names schweitzeri, stampflii, and pamela) probably do not belong to poensis, but are maintained in the species for now until their status is revised

Taxonomy notes citation

Nicolas, V., Jacquet, F., Hutterer, R., Konečný, A., Kan Kouassi, S., Durnez, L., Lalis, A., Colyn, M. and Denys, C. 2019. Multilocus phylogeny of the Crocidura poensis species complex (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla): Influences of the palaeoclimate on its diversification and evolution. Journal of Biogeography 46(5):871-883. doi:10.1111/jbi.13534

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003989

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: 11 names and synonyms.

Sorex (Crocidura) Poensis

L. Fraser, 1843

Family

Soricidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Clarence, Fernando Po ... on the elevated land of Point William

Type locality

Equatorial Guinea: Bioko.

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679962

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Musaraneus (Crocidura) Poensis:

A. Pomel, 1848

Family

Soricidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles

Name usages

Pomel (1848:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39411)

Rhinomus soricoides

A. Murray, 1860

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soricoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.12.17.6

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Nigeria.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e08f3f04-34b2-4719-bda3-0c7aff3f8497

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45631568

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Crocidura (Crocidura) Schweitzeri

W. C. H. Peters, 1877

Family

Soricidae

Root name

schweitzeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5421

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Liberia.

Authority page

187

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35723466

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Miller (1900:644, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17064)
Trouessart (1904:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
Allen & Coolidge (1930:572, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Allen (1939:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura stampflii

Jentink, 1888

Family

Soricidae

Root name

stampflii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39035, RMNH.MAM.39036

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Schieffelinsville, Junk River (Büttikofer and Stampfli); Hill-town, Du Queah River (Büttikofer and Stampfli).

Type locality

Liberia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39035.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39035.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39036.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39036.b

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9622358

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

Miller (1900:644, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17064)
Trouessart (1904:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura poensis:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Soricidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

144

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422973

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Dollman (1915:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
Hayman (1936:920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Heim de Balsac (1958:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68610)
Heim de Balsac (1968:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8643)
Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Happold & Happold (2013:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41352/115180968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura batesi

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

batesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.7.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Como River, Gaboon

Type locality

Gabon.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/33fa26ed-40d9-401c-b316-955a726f9c21

Authority page

510

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256080

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1915:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
Allen (1939:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hutterer (1993:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Happold & Happold (2013:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40620/22295796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura poensis pamela

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pamela

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.1.11.3

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Gold Coast

Type locality

Ghana.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/513f1fff-b7a0-449d-9b03-41335f27e338

Authority page

510

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256080

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1915:510, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
Allen (1939:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura poensis soricoides:

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soricoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

512

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256082

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1915:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
Hayman (1936:920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Crocidura poensis poensis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Soricidae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782073

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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