Crocidura turba

Dollman, 1910

Turbo 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

Dollman, G. 1910-02-01. On a collection of mammals made by Mr. S. A. Neave, during his expedition in Northern Rhodesia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5(26):173-181.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094597

Original name as described

Crocidura turba

Other common names

Tumultuous Shrew · Turbo Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1909.12.4.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5ad7f154-f4a2-459a-89e6-641104e97c0e

Type locality

"Chilui Island [= Chilubi Island], Lake Bangweolo, " Zambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Kenya · Malawi · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · South Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004023

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: 5 names and synonyms.

Crocidura turba

Dollman, 1910

Family

Soricidae

Root name

turba

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.12.4.17

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Chilui Island, Lake Bangweolo. Altitude 3900 feet.

Type locality

Zambia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5ad7f154-f4a2-459a-89e6-641104e97c0e

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094597

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1910:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10071)
Osgood (1910:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10414)
Heller (1912:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8910536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11524)
Dollman (1914:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
Dollman (1915:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)
Hollister (1916:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16045)
Osgood (1936:225, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15466)
Allen (1939:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Setzer (1956:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
Scaramella, Russo & D'Errico (1975:283, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56633909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40699)
Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Happold & Happold (2013:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41363/22308481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Crocidura turba angolæ

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

angolae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.1.4

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Angola

Type locality

Angola.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5471e9a7-44f7-4565-be0b-9294b8ff3c75

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 (1939:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura angolae:

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

angolae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989863

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Kershaw (1923:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)

Crocidura turba turba:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Soricidae

Root name

turba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782075

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Crocidura pilosa angolae:

Hayman, 1963

Family

Soricidae

Root name

angolae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

Hayman (1963:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

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