Crocidura russula

(Hermann in E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Greater White-toothed Shrew

Formerly Soricomorpha. Also as Greater Shrew.
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Location:Spain, Catalonia, Tarragona province, Ports de Tortosa-Beseit, Mont CaroDate taken:Unknown

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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

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827

Original name as described

sorex russulus

Other common names

Greater Shrew

Type locality

near Strasbourg, Bas Rhin, France.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Germany · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Italy · France · Spain · Portugal · Morocco · Algeria

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003998

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 36 names and synonyms.

Sorex araneus

(von Schreber, 1777)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

araneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

pl. 160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064902

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34967)
  2. Blainville (1838:741, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68639)
  3. Giebel (1855:901, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Sorex (constrictus)

(Hermann in E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

constricta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Boddaert (1785:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Wolf (1796:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  4. Borkhausen (1797:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  5. Cuvier (1797:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  6. Treviranus (1803:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  7. Goldfuss (1809:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  8. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67764)
  9. Muirhead (1819:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  10. Ranzani (1820:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  11. Desmarest (1821:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  12. Schinz (1821:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  13. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
  14. Lesson (1827:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  15. Fischer (1829:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  16. Burnett (1830:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  17. Baillon (1834:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67511)
  18. Lesson (1836:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  19. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

sorex russulus

(Hermann in E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

russula

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Leipzig

Sorex unicolor

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664232

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex mus araneus

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

musaranea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637191

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1797:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  2. Lacépède (1799:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  3. Fischer (1803:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  4. Fischer (1813:439, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  5. Muirhead (1819:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex leucurus

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

leucura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

538

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632682

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Sorex araneus candidus

(Bechstein, 1801)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

candida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

867 [as 863]

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258119

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

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

Sorex araneus cinereus

(Bechstein, 1801)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

863

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258115

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

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

Sorex thoracicus

(Savi, 1832)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thoracica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Nuovo Giornale de' Letterati, Pisa

Name usages

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

Crocidura maior

Wagler, 1832

Family

Soricidae

Root name

maior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22016, ZMB 22018

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

1218

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26455528

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

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