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Crocidura tarfayensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980

Description

Crocidura tarfayensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980

Crocidura tarfayensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980, Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden, 36: 47.

Type Locality: Morocco, Agadir Prov., 8 km south Tarfaya, 27°50'N, 12°30'W.

Vernacular Names: Saharan Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura agadiri Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980; Crocidura gouliminensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980; Crocidura tiznitensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980.

Distribution: Atlantic coast of Sahara; south of Agadir (Morocco) through Western Sahara into Mauritania.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Recorded as whitakeri from Western Sahara by Heim de Balsac (1968 e). Reviewed by Hutterer (1987).

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 251, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Vesmanis and Vesmanis
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Soricomorpha
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Crocidura
Species
tarfayensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Crocidura tarfayensis and, 1980 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Vesmanis, I. E., and A. Vesmanis. 1980. Ein Nachweis des Siebenschlafers, Glis glis (Linnaeus, 1766) aus Eulengewollen von der Insel Elba, Italien. Faunistische Abhandlungen, 7 (17): 167 - 170.
  • Heim de Balsac, H. 1968 e. Les Soricidae dans le milieu desertique saharien. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 19: 181 - 188.