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Crocidura silacea Thomas 1895
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Crocidura silacea Thomas 1895
Crocidura silacea Thomas 1895, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 53.
Type Locality: South Africa, Mpumalanga Prov., Barberton dist., De Kaap, Figtree Creek.
Vernacular Names: Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew.
Synonyms: Crocidura holobrunneus Roberts 1931.
Distribution: Occurs in most of South Africa, and parts of Botswana, Angola; Mozambique, Zambia and S Malawi.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: This species was formerly assigned to gracilipes or hildegardeae, but is not conspecific with either of these; see Meester et al. (1986) for a discussion.
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, pp. 220-311 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 249, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BFF703DCC4E4C98D20FE0AB477F0FE06 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/133DFF7C4EC3CD555DB21F0B68982998 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231544899 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Crocidura
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomas
- Species
- silacea
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Crocidura silacea Thomas, 1895 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Thomas, O. 1895. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 16: 160 - 164.
- Roberts, A. 1931. New forms of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 14: 221 - 236.
- Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359.