Crocidura narcondamica

Crocidura narcondamica

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 narcondamica

Name

Crocidura narcondamica Kamalakannan, Sivaperuman, Kundu, Gokulakrishnan, Venkatraman & Chandra, 2021: 5

• Holotype: ZSI 29313, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull extracted, collected by G. Gokulakrishnan on 17 April 2020.
• Type locality: “Narcondam Island (13°27.290′ N, 94°16.436′ E), Andaman and Nicobar Archipelago, in the Bay of Bengal, India; 11 m elevation”.
• Paratype: ZSI 29314, adult ♂, same data as holotype.

References

Primary references

• Kamalakannan, M., Sivaperuman, C., Kundu, S., Gokulakrishnan, G., Venkatraman, C. & Chandra, K. 2021. Discovery of a new mammal species (Soricidae: Eulipotyphla) from Narcondam volcanic island, India. Scientific Reports 11: 9416. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88859-4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Narcondam Shrew