Crocidura trichura

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 trichura

Name

• Crocidura trichura Dobson in Thomas, 1889

Holotype:

Type locality: Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.

Combinations

• Crocidura fuliginosa trichura Dobson, 1889: 532 [original combination as subspecies]
• Crocidura attenuata trichura: Jenkins, 1976: 297 [name combination]
• C[rocidura]. trichura: Ruedi, 1995: 232 [name combination, elevate to species status]

References

Primary references

• Dobson, G.E. in Thomas, O. 1889. On the mammals of Christmas Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 56(1888): 532–534. BHL
• Jenkins, P.D. 1976. Variation in Eurasian shrews of the genus Crocidura (Insectivora: Sodicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 30: 271–309.
• Ruedi, M. 1995. Taxonomic revision of shrews of the genus Crocidura from the Sunda Shelf and Sulawesi with description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 115(3): 211–265. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb02461.x

Additional references

• Meek, P. 2000. The decline and current status of the Christmas Island shrew Crocidura attenuata trichura on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Australian Mammalogy 22: 43–49.
• Eldridge, M.D., Meek, P.D. & Johnson, R.N. 2014. Taxonomic uncertainty and the loss of biodiversity on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Conservation Biology 28(2): 572–579. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12177

Links

• Crocidura trichura 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 trichura  (Critically Endangered)
• Crocidura trichura – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Christmas Island Shrew