Crocidura yankariensis

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 yankariensis

Name

Crocidura yankariensis Hutterer & Jenkins, 1980: 305

• Holotype: HNHM 80.1.1, subadult indet., skull, collected by Andrew Demeter on 7 August 1978.
• Type locality: “Futuk (9°50'N 10°55'E), 16 km E. of the Yankari Game Reserve boundary, Bauchi State, Nigeria”.

References

Primary references

• Hutterer, R. & Jenkins, P.D. 1980. A new species of Crocidura from Nigeria. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum Zoology Series 39(5): 305–310. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Crocidura yankariensis  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Yankari Shrew