Myosorex jejei

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: Myosoricinae
Genus: Myosorex
Species: Myosorex jejei

Myosorex jejei Kerbis Peterhans & Hutterer in Kerbis Peterhans et al., 2010: 116

Holotype: FMNH 195079, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Jeje Songo Bululu and Prince Kaleme on 22 July 2005.
Type locality: “Musisi Swamp (2°16'24"S, 28°41'27"E, 2200 m), Mugaba Sector, Kahuzi Biega National Park, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo”.

Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Hutterer, R., Mwanga, J., Ndara, B., Davenport, L., Karhagomba, I.B. & Udelhoven, J. 2010. African shrews endemic to the Albertine Rift: Two new species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of East African Natural History 99(2): 103–128. DOI: 10.2982/028.099.0201 Reference page.

English: Kahuzi Mouse Shrew