Crocidura rapax

G. M. Allen, 1923

Chinese 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

Allen, G.M. 1923-12-28. New Chinese insectivores. American Museum Novitates 100:1-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170442

Original name as described

Crocidura rapax

Type material

AMNH M-44321

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44321

Type locality

Yinpankai, Mekong River, Yunnan, China, Yunnan.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

China · India · Myanmar · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. tadae

Taxonomy notes citation

Chen, S.-d., Qing, J., Liu, Z., Liu, Y., Tang, M.-k., Murphy, R.W., Pu, Y.-t., Wang, X.-m., Tang, K.-y., Guo, K.-j., Jiang, X.-l. and Liu, S.-y. 2020. Multilocus phylogeny and cryptic diversity of white-toothed shrews (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla, Crocidura) in China. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20(1):29. doi:10.1186/s12862-020-1588-8

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003994

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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.

Crocidura rapax

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rapax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-44321

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Ying-pan-kai, Mekong River, southern Yunnan, at 9000 feet

Type locality

China: Yunnan.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44321

Authority page

9

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Allen (1923:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16033)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Smith & Xie (2008:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136783/22294279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura russula rapax:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rapax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722382

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Pen, Kao, Lu, Feng & Chen (1962:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66053)

Crocidura rapax rapax:

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rapax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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