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Sylvisorex howelli Jenkins 1984
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Sylvisorex howelli Jenkins 1984
Sylvisorex howelli Jenkins 1984, Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Zool., 47: 65.
Type Locality: Tanzania, Uluguru Mtns, Morningside.
Vernacular Names: Howell's Forest Shrew.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Sylvisorex howelli subsp. howelli Jenkins 1984
Subspecies Sylvisorex howelli subsp. usambarensis Hutterer 1986
Distribution: Eastern Arc Mtns (Tanzania): W and E Usambara, Nguru and Uluguru Mtns (Stanley et al., 2000 b).
Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: Includes usambarensis, which may represent a distinct species; see Hutterer (1986 b). However, the variation among the five populations has to be studied before taxonomic conclusions can be drawn.
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 262, 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)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/D20734AD49040BA7425DD7A15A4DD506 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231545120 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Jenkins
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Sylvisorex
- Species
- howelli
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sylvisorex howelli Jenkins, 1984 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Hutterer, R. 1986 b. Diagnosen neuer Spitzmause aus Tansania (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 37: 23 - 33.