Sylvisorex howelli

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

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Crocidurinae
Genus: Sylvisorex
Species: Sylvisorex howelli
Subspecies (2): S. h. howelli – S. h. usambarensis

Name

Sylvisorex howelli Jenkins, 1984: 65

• Holotype: BMNH 1982.874, adult indet., body in alcohol and skull, collected by M.K.S. Maige on 27 April 1982.
• Type locality: “Bondwa Peak, Uluguru North Forest Reserve, Uluguru Mountains, Morogoro District, Tanzania, c. 06°54'S 37°40'E, c. 1050 m on road through forest”.

References

Primary references

• Jenkins, P.D. 1984. Description of a new species of Sylvisorex (Insectivora: Soricidae) from Tanzania. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum Zoology Series 47(1): 65–76. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Sylvisorex howelli  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Howell's Forest Shrew