Myosorex meesteri

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: Myosoricinae
Genus: Myosorex
Species: Myosorex meesteri

Name

Myosorex meesteri Taylor, Kearney, Kerbis Peterhans, Baxter & Willows‐Munro, 2013: 897

• Holotype: DNSM 4693, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by P.J. Taylor, Albert Kumirai, T. Kearney and Peter Wright on 10 December 1995.
• Type locality: “Chingamwe Estates, 15 km south-east of Juliasdale, Inyanga Mountains, eastern Zimbabwe (18.4625°S, 32.753°E). The specimen was trapped with a Sherman trap in tall grassland bordering a young pine plantation”.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, P.J., Kearney, T.C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Baxter, R.M. & Willows‐Munro, S. 2013. Cryptic diversity in forest shrews of the genus Myosorex from southern Africa, with the description of a new species and comments on Myosorex tenuis. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 169(4): 881–902. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12083 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Meester's Mouse Shrew