Crocidura religiosa

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in Champollion, 1826)

Egyptian Pygmy 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

Champollion, J.-F. 1826. Archéologiques et chronologiques. Pp. 294–297 in Passalacqua, J. (eds.). Catalogue raisonné et historique des antiquités découvertes en Égypte. Galérie d'antiquités égyptiennes, Paris, 303 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/catalogueraisonn00pass/page/231/mode/2up

Original name as described

Sorex religiosus

Other common names

Egyptian Pygmy Shrew · Sacred Shrew

Type material

ÄM 690

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Egypt, Qena Governorate, near Thebes, western bank of the Nile River, necropolis Dra' Abu el-Naga' (25°44'07"N, 32°37'14"E), tomb of Queen Mentuhotep. The exact source of the preserved specimen is unknown, but presumed to be from the vicinity of Thebes."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Egypt

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003995

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Sorex religiosus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in Champollion, 1826

Family

Soricidae

Root name

religiosa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ÄM 690

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Egypt: 25°44′7″N, 32°37′14″E.

Authority page

294 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://archive.org/details/catalogueraisonn00pass/page/231/mode/2up

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:323, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
Lesson (1827:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34993554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67434)
Fischer (1829:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Lesson (1836:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Crocidura flavescens religiosa:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Soricidae

Root name

religiosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422972

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Crocidura religiosa:

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

religiosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1915:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
Allen (1939:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
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 (1991:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Happold & Happold (2013:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5616/114077410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura religiosus:

S. S. Flower, 1932

Family

Soricidae

Root name

religiosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

375

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Flower (1932:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)

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