Crocidura pachyura

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: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: Crocidura pachyura
Subspecies: C. p. cossyrensis – C. p. pachyura

[Defined by Contoli, 2009]

Name

• Crocidura pachyura (Küster, 1835)

Lectotype: ZMB 15116, ♂, skull and body in alcohol. [designated by Turni et al. (2007)]

Type locality: Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Combinations

• Sorex pachyura Küster, 1835 : 77 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Pachyura agilis Loche, 1867 [considered a nomen dubium by Sará & Vogel (1996), synonymized by Hutterer (2005)]
• Crocidura ichnusae Festa, 1912 [synonymized by Turni et al. (2007)]
• Crocidura anthonyi Heim de Balsac, 1940 [synonymized by Hutterer (2005)]
• Crocidura ibicensis Vericad & Balcells, 1965 [synonymized by Hutterer (2005)]

References

Primary references

• Küster, H.C. 1835. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Sardinien. Isis von Oken 28: 75–78.
• Loche, V. 1867. Histoire naturelle des mammiferes. In: Exploration scientifique de 1’ Algtrie, Bertrand, Paris.
• Festa, E. 1912. Bollettino dei Musei di zoologia ed anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino 27(684): 1.
• Heim de Balsac, H. 1940. Une musaraigne nouvelle de Tunisie. Bull. Mus Nat. Hist. Nat. 12(7): 382–384.
• Vericad, J.R. & Balcells, E. 1965. Fauna mastozoológica de las Pitiusas. Bol. r. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. (Biol) 63: 233–264.
• Contoli, L., Benincasa-Stagni, B. & Marenzi, A.R. 1989. Morfometria e morfologia di Crociduru Wagler 1832 (Mammalia, Soricidae) in Italia, Sardegna e Sicilia, con il metodo dei descrittori di Fourier: primi dati. Hystrix 1: 113–129.
• Sarà, M. & Vogel, P. 1996. Geographic variation of the greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula Hermann, 1780 Mammalia, Soricidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 116: 377–392.
• Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Turni, H., Hutterer, R. & Asher, R. 2007. Type specimens of "insectivoran" mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Zootaxa 1470: 1–33.
• Contoli, L. 2009. Crocidura pachyura (Küster, 1835. Pp. 202-210. In Amori, G., Contoli, L. & Nappi, A. (Eds.). Fauna d’Italia. Volume 44. Mammalia II. Erinaceomorpha – Soricomorpha – Lagomorpha – Rodentia. Milano: Calderini. 754p.

Links

• Crocidura pachyura in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Crocidura pachyura  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: North African White-toothed Shrew, Pantellerian Shrew