Crocidura desperata

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: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: Crocidura desperata

Name

Crocidura desperata Hutterer, Jenkins & Verheyen, 1991: 165

• Holotype: RMCA 1993.111-M-0001, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Jan Stuyck on 23 September 1987.
• Type locality: “in the mountain bamboo zone of the Rungwe Mountains (09°08'S, 33°40'E; above 2000 m), southern Tanzania”.

References

Primary references

• Hutterer, R., Jenkins, P.D. & Verheyen, W.N. 1991. A new forest shrew from southern Tanzania. Oryx 25(3): 165–168. DOI: 10.1017/S0030605300034190 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Crocidura desperata  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Desperate Shrew