Sorex fimbriatus Wagler 1832

Sorex fimbriatus Wagler, 1832

Wagler, J.G. (1832) Abhandlungen aus der Zoologie und Zootomie. Isis von Oken 25: 54.

Valid name: Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811)

Syntypes: ZMB 22006, body in alcohol, skull extracted [in June 2006]; ZMB 83310, male, body in alcohol, skull extracted [June 2006]. Collected from Bavaria, Germany (by implication). No further data available.

Comments: This taxon was listed as a synonym of Crocidura russula until recently. The extraction of skulls from the two syntypes in 2006 revealed its identity with C. suaveolens. Measurements of ZMB 22006, an old adult, are as follows: head and body length c. 57 mm, tail length 35 mm, hindfoot without claws 11 mm: skull broken but small, maxillary width 5.7 mm, coronoid height 4.0 mm; upper unicuspids 2 and 3 in line with parasytle of P4. Measurements of ZMB 83310 are as follows: head and body length c. 54 mm, tail length 37 mm, hindfoot length 11 mm; skull broken, maxillary width 5.3 mm, coronoid height 4.1 mm; third upper unicuspid smaller than U2 and parastyle of P4.