Feroculus feroculus

(Kelaart, 1850)

Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Suborder: Erinaceota
Superfamily: Soricoidea
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus: Feroculus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kelaart, E.F. 1850b. Description of new species and varieties of mammals found in Ceylon. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society vol. 2, no. 5: 208–215 (321-328 in reprint of 1890)

Original name as described

Sorex feroculus

Other common names

Kelaart's Shrew

Type locality

Nuwara Eliya, central mountains at 6000 ft. (= 1829 m), Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004045

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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: 8 names and synonyms.

Sorex feroculus

Kelaart, 1850

Family

Soricidae

Root name

feroculus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Kelaart (1890:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Sorex (?) macropus

E. Blyth, 1851

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Newera Elia and to 1000 ft. below

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259749

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Corsira newera ellia

Kelaart, 1851

Family

Soricidae

Root name

neweraellia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Found in Newera Ellia seek even on Pedrotellgala, the highest mountain in Ceylon, which rises from the plains of Newera Ellia, and is 8020 feet above the sea's level.

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320255

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Feroculus macropus:

Kelaart, 1852

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257231

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
Blyth (1855:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39412)
Tomes (1856:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2245473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67817)

Sorex newera

J. A. Wagner, 1855

Family

Soricidae

Root name

newera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Ceylon

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

564

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31544671

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

Crocidura Newera:

Fitzinger, 1861

Family

Soricidae

Root name

newera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

392

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438325

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1861:392, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)

Crocidura macropus:

Blanford, 1888

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28223165

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Feroculus feroculus:

O. Thomas, 1924

Family

Soricidae

Root name

feroculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015032631809?urlappend=%3Bseq=145%3Bownerid=13510798883939373-141

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

Thomas (1924:93, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015032631809?urlappend=%3Bseq=145%3Bownerid=13510798883939373-141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67768)
Phillips (1925:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67770)
Phillips (1928:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67777)
Phillips (1929:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68574)
Phillips (1929:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8553/22292753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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