Crossogale hantu

Taxonavigation edit

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Nectogalini
Genus: Crossogale
Species: Crossogale hantu

Name edit

Crossogale hantu Harrion, 1958: 282

Holotype: BMNH 58.296, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “on the banks of a stream at low altitude (under 1,000 ft.) in the Ulu Langat Forest Reserve, Selangor, Malaya, about 20 km. east of Kuala Lumpur”.

References edit

Primary references edit

Harrison, J.L. 1958. Chimarrogale hantu a new water shrew from the Malay Peninsula, with a note on the genera Chimarrogale and Crossogale (Insectivora, Soricidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 13, 1(4): 282–290. DOI: 10.1080/00222935808650947

Links edit

Crossogale hantu 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: Crossogale hantu (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names edit

English: Hantu Water Shrew; Malayan Water Shrew