Crocidura tanakae

Crocidura tanakae

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 tanakae

Name

Crocidura tanakae Kuroda, 1938: 81

• Holotype: N.Kuroda collection No. 1651, adult ♂, collected by F. Tashiro on 15 February 1935. [destroyed during WWII fide Austin et al. (1948) and Jones (1975)]
• Type locality: “Shohosha, Horigai, Taichusiu, C Formosa [=Taiwan]”.

Native distribution areas

• China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Fujian, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang Provinces; including Hainan and Taiwan islands)
• Vietnam (Vinh Phuc, Tuyen Quang, Ha Tinh, Quang Nam, Lao Cai, Wuang Bing, Quang Tri, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, Khanh Hoa, and Binh Phuoc Provinces)
• Laos (Khammouane Province)

References

Primary references

• Kuroda, N. 1938. A list of the Japanese mammals. Published by the author: Tokyo.

Additional references

• Li, Y-Y., Li, H-T., Motokawa, M., Wu, Y., Harada, M., Sun, H-M., Mo, X-M., Wang, J. & Li, Y-C. 2019. A revision of the geographical distributions of the shrews Crocidura tanakae and C. attenuata based on genetic species identification in the mainland of China. Zookeys 869: 147–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.869.33858 Reference page. 

Links

• Crocidura tanakae 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.
• Clayton, E. 2016. IUCN: Crocidura tanakae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136238A22294077. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136238A22294077.en
• Crocidura tanakae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Taiwanese Gray Shrew