Congosorex phillipsorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Myosoricinae
Genus: Congosorex
Species: Congosorex phillipsorum

Name

Congosorex phillipsorum Stanley, Rogers & Hutterer, 2005: 271

• Holotype: FMNH 177682 (field number WTS 5745), ♀, skin, skull and skeleton, collected by W.T. Stanley, P.M. Kihaule and M.J. Munisi on 22 July 2003.
• Type locality: “9 km E Udekwa, Ndundulu Forest, West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains, Iringa District, Iringa Region, Tanzania; 7°45.117'S, 36°27.803'E, 1900 m”.

References

Primary references

• Stanley, W.T., Rogers, M.A. & Hutterer, R. 2005. A new species of Congosorex from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, with significant biogeographical implications. Journal of Zoology 265(3): 269–280. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904006314 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Congosorex phillipsorum  (Critically Endangered)