Surdisorex schlitteri

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: Surdisorex
Species: Surdisorex schlitteri

Name

Surdisorex schlitteri Kerbis Peterhans, Stanley, Hutterer, Demos & Agwanda, 2009: 178

• Holotype: FMNH 195069 (KMH 3213), adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by H. Grossman in December 1985.
• Type locality: “Kenya, eastern flank of Mt. Elgon, ericaceous zone at 3,150 m”.

References

Primary references

• Kerbis Peterhans, J., Stanley, W.T., Hutterer, R., Demos, T.C. & Agwanda, B. 2009. A new species of Surdisorex Thomas, 1906 (Mammalia, Soricidae) from western Kenya. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(3): 175–183. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mount Elgon Mole Shrew