Crocidura lwiroensis

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 lwiroensis

Name

• Crocidura lwiroensis Kerbis Peterhans & Hutterer, 2013: 209

Holotype: FMNH 195181, adult ♀, skull and body in ethanol.

Type locality: “approximately 45 km NE of Kalemie and 3 km W of the village of Mizimu above the western shore of Lake Tanganyika, Katanga Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (29°16’22”E 5°28’45”S, 1250 m).”

References

Primary references

• Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Huhndorf, M.H., Plumptre, A.J., Hutterer, R., Kaleme, P. & Ndara, B. 2013. Mammals, other than bats, from the Misotshi-Kabogo highlands (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), with the description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin 62(2): 203–219. Full article (PDF) Reference page.