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Crocidura Wagler, 1832
Taxonomic Serial No.: 633452

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2006

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Soricomorpha Gregory, 1910
	Family	Soricidae G. Fischer, 1814 – shrews
	Subfamily	Crocidurinae Milne-Edwards, 1872 – white-toothed shrews
	Genus	Crocidura Wagler, 1832
		Direct Children:
	Species	Crocidura aleksandrisi Vesmanis, 1977 – Cyrenaica Shrew, Alexandrian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura allex Osgood, 1910 – East African Highland Shrew, Highland Shrew
	Species	Crocidura andamanensis Miller, 1902 – Andaman Shrew
	Species	Crocidura ansellorum Hutterer and Dippenaar, 1987 – Ansell's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura arabica Hutterer and Harrison, 1988 – Arabian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura arispa Spitzenberger, 1971 – Jackass Shrew
	Species	Crocidura armenica Gureev, 1963 – Armenian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura attenuata Milne-Edwards, 1872 – Asian Gray Shrew, Indochinese Shrew
	Species	Crocidura attila Dollman, 1915 – Hun Shrew
	Species	Crocidura baileyi Osgood, 1936 – Bailey's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura baluensis Thomas, 1898 – Kinabalu Shrew
	Species	Crocidura batesi Dollman, 1915 – Bate's Shrew, Bates's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura beatus Miller, 1910 – Mindanao Shrew
	Species	Crocidura beccarii Dobson, 1887 – Beccari's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura bottegi Thomas, 1898 – Bottego's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura bottegoides Hutterer and Yalden, 1990 – Bale Shrew
	Species	Crocidura brunnea Jentink, 1888 – Thick-tailed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura buettikoferi Jentink, 1888 – Buettikofer's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura caliginea Hollister, 1916 – African Dusky Shrew, African Foggy Shrew
	Species	Crocidura canariensis Hutterer, Lopez-Jurado and Vogel, 1987 – Canarian Shrew, Canary Shrew
	Species	Crocidura caspica Thomas, 1907 – Caspian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura cinderella Thomas, 1911 – Cinderella Shrew
	Species	Crocidura congobelgica Hollister, 1916 – Congo White-toothed Shrew, Congo Shrew
	Species	Crocidura crenata Brosset, Dubost and Heim de Balsac, 1965 – Long-footed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura crossei Thomas, 1895 – Crosse's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura cyanea (Duvernoy, 1838) – Reddish-gray Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura denti Dollman, 1915 – Dent's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura desperata Hutterer, Jenkins and Verheyen, 1991 – Desperate Shrew
	Species	Crocidura dhofarensis Hutterer and Harrison, 1988 – Dhofar Shrew, Dhofarian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura dolichura Peters, 1876 – Long-tailed Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura douceti Heim de Balsac, 1958 – Doucet's Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura dsinezumi (Temminck, 1842) – Dsinezumi Shrew
	Species	Crocidura eisentrauti Heim de Balsac, 1957 – Eisentraut's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura elgonius Osgood, 1910 – Elgon Shrew
	Species	Crocidura elongata Miller and Hollister, 1921 – Elongated Shrew
	Species	Crocidura erica Dollman, 1915 – Heather Shrew
	Species	Crocidura fischeri Pagenstecher, 1885 – Fischer's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura flavescens (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) – Greater Red Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura floweri Dollman, 1915 – Flower's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura foetida Peters, 1870 – Bornean Shrew
	Species	Crocidura foxi Dollman, 1915 – Fox's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura fuliginosa (Blyth, 1855) – Southeast Asian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura fulvastra (Sundevall, 1843) – Savanna Shrew
	Species	Crocidura fumosa Thomas, 1904 – Smoky White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura fuscomurina (Heuglin, 1865) – Bicolored Musk Shrew, Tiny Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura glassi Heim de Balsac, 1966 – Glass's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura gmelini (Pallas, 1811) – Gmelin's White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura goliath Thomas, 1906 – Goliath Shrew
	Species	Crocidura gracilipes Peters, 1870 – Peters's Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura grandiceps Hutterer, 1983 – Large-headed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura grandis Miller, 1911 – Greater Mindanao Shrew, Mount Malindang Shrew, Mt. Malindang Shrew
	Species	Crocidura grassei Brosset, Dubost and Heim de Balsac, 1965 – Grasse's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura grayi Dobson, 1890 – Luzon Shrew
	Species	Crocidura greenwoodi Heim de Balsac, 1966 – Greenwood's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura harenna Hutterer and Yalden, 1990 – Harenna Shrew
	Species	Crocidura hildegardeae Thomas, 1904 – Hildegarde's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura hilliana Jenkins and Smith, 1995 – Hill's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura hirta Peters, 1852 – Lesser Red Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura hispida Thomas, 1913 – Andaman Spiny Shrew
	Species	Crocidura horsfieldii (Tomes, 1856) – Horsfield's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura hutanis Ruedi and Vogel, 1995 – Hutan Shrew
	Species	Crocidura ichnusae Festa, 1912 – North African White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura indochinensis Robinson and Kloss, 1922 – Indochinese Shrew
	Species	Crocidura jacksoni Thomas, 1904 – Jackson's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura jenkinsi Chakraborty, 1978 – Jenkin's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura jouvenetae Heim de Balsac, 1958 – Jouvenet's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura katinka Bate, 1937 – Katinka's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura kivuana Heim de Balsac, 1968 – Kivu Shrew
	Species	Crocidura lamottei Heim de Balsac, 1968 – Lamotte's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura lanosa Heim de Balsac, 1968 – Kivu Long-haired Shrew, Lemara Shrew
	Species	Crocidura lasiura Dobson, 1890 – Ussuri White-toothed Shrew, Ussuri Shrew
	Species	Crocidura latona Hollister, 1916 – Latona's Shrew, Latona Shrew
	Species	Crocidura lea Miller and Hollister, 1921 – Sulawesi Shrew
	Species	Crocidura lepidura Lyon, 1908 – Sumatran Giant Shrew
	Species	Crocidura leucodon (Hermann, 1780) – Bicolored Shrew
	Species	Crocidura levicula Miller and Hollister, 1921 – Sulawesi Tiny Shrew, Celebes Shrew
	Species	Crocidura littoralis Heller, 1910 – Naked-tail Shrew, Butiaba Naked-tailed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura longipes Hutterer and Happold, 1983 – Savanna Swamp Shrew
	Species	Crocidura lucina Dippenaar, 1980 – Lucina's Shrew, Moorland Shrew
	Species	Crocidura ludia Hollister, 1916 – Ludia's Shrew, Dramatic Shrew
	Species	Crocidura luna Dollman, 1910 – Moonshine Shrew, Greater Gray-brown Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura lusitania Dollman, 1915 – Mauritanian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura macarthuri St. Leger, 1934 – MacArthur's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura macmillani Dollman, 1915 – MacMillan's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura macowi Dollman, 1915 – Nyiro Shrew, Macow's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura malayana Robinson and Kloss, 1911 – Malayan Shrew
	Species	Crocidura manengubae Hutterer, 1982 – Manenguba Shrew
	Species	Crocidura maquassiensis Roberts, 1946 – Makwassie Musk Shrew, Maquassie Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura mariquensis (A. Smith, 1844) – Swamp Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura maurisca Thomas, 1904 – Gracile Naked-tailed Shrew, Dark Shrew
	Species	Crocidura maxi Sody, 1936 – Javanese Shrew, Max's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura mindorus Miller, 1910 – Mindoro Shrew
	Species	Crocidura miya Phillips, 1929 – Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura monax Thomas, 1910 – Kilimanjaro Shrew, Rombo Shrew
	Species	Crocidura monticola Peters, 1870 – Sunda Shrew
	Species	Crocidura montis Thomas, 1906 – Montane White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura muricauda (Miller, 1900) – West African Long-tailed Shrew, Mouse-tailed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura musseri Ruedi and Vogel, 1995 – Mossy Forest Shrew
	Species	Crocidura mutesae Heller, 1910 – Ugandan Musk Shrew, Uganda Large-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura nana Dobson, 1890 – Somali Dwarf Shrew, Dwarf White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura nanilla Thomas, 1909 – Savanna Dwarf Shrew, Tiny White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura negligens Robinson and Kloss, 1914 – Peninsular Shrew
	Species	Crocidura negrina Rabor, 1952 – Negros Shrew
	Species	Crocidura nicobarica Miller, 1902 – Nicobar Shrew
	Species	Crocidura nigeriae Dollman, 1915 – Nigerian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura nigricans Bocage, 1889 – Blackish White-toothed Shrew, Black White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura nigripes Miller and Hollister, 1921 – Black-footed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura nigrofusca Matschie, 1895 – African Black Shrew, Tenebrous Shrew
	Species	Crocidura nimbae Heim de Balsac, 1956 – Nimba Shrew
	Species	Crocidura niobe Thomas, 1906 – Niobe's Shrew, Stony Shrew
	Species	Crocidura obscurior Heim de Balsac, 1958 – West African Pygmy Shrew, Obscure White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura olivieri (Lesson, 1827) – African Giant Shrew, Olivier's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura orientalis Jentink in Weber, 1890 – Oriental Shrew
	Species	Crocidura orii Kuroda, 1924 – Ryukyu Shrew, Amami Shrew
	Species	Crocidura palawanensis Taylor, 1934 – Palawan Shrew
	Species	Crocidura paradoxura Dobson, 1886 – Sumatran Long-tailed Shrew, Paradox Shrew
	Species	Crocidura parvipes Osgood, 1910 – Small-footed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura pasha Dollman, 1915 – Sahelian Tiny Shrew, Pasha Shrew
	Species	Crocidura pergrisea Miller, 1913 – Pale Gray Shrew
	Species	Crocidura phaeura Osgood, 1936 – Guramba Shrew
	Species	Crocidura picea Sanderson, 1940 – Cameroonian Shrew, Pitch Shrew
	Species	Crocidura pitmani Barclay, 1932 – Pitman's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura planiceps Heller, 1910 – Flat-headed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura poensis (Fraser, 1843) – Fraser's Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura polia Hollister, 1916 – Polia's Shrew, Fuscous Shrew
	Species	Crocidura pullata Miller, 1911 – Kashmir White-toothed Shrew, Dusky Shrew
	Species	Crocidura raineyi Heller, 1912 – Rainey's Shrew, Rainey Shrew
	Species	Crocidura ramona Ivanitskaya, Shenbrot and Nevo, 1996 – Negev Shrew
	Species	Crocidura rapax G. Allen, 1923 – Chinese White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura religiosa (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) – Egyptian Pygmy Shrew
	Species	Crocidura rhoditis Miller and Hollister, 1921 – Sulawesi White-handed Shrew, Temboan Shrew
	Species	Crocidura roosevelti (Heller, 1910) – Roosevelt's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura russula (Hermann, 1780) – Greater White-toothed Shrew, White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura selina Dollman, 1915 – Ugandan Lowland Shrew, Moon Shrew
	Species	Crocidura serezkyensis Laptev, 1929 – Lesser Rock Shrew, Serezkaya Shrew
	Species	Crocidura shantungensis Miller, 1901 – Asian Lesser White-toothed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura sibirica Dukelsky, 1930 – Siberian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura sicula Miller, 1900 – Sicilian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura silacea Thomas, 1895 – Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura smithii Thomas, 1895 – Desert Musk Shrew
	Species	Crocidura somalica Thomas, 1895 – Somali Shrew
	Species	Crocidura stenocephala Heim de Balsac, 1979 – Kahuzi Swamp Shrew, Narrow-headed Shrew
	Species	Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811) – Lesser White-toothed Shrew, Lesser Shrew
	Species	Crocidura susiana Redding and Lay, 1978 – Iranian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura tanakae Kuroda, 1938 – Taiwanese Gray Shrew
	Species	Crocidura tansaniana Hutterer, 1986 – Tanzanian Shrew
	Species	Crocidura tarella Dollman, 1915 – Tarella Shrew, Ugandan Shrew
	Species	Crocidura tarfayensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis, 1980 – Saharan Shrew, Tarfaya Shrew
	Species	Crocidura telfordi Hutterer, 1986 – Telford's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura tenuis (Müller, 1840) – Timor Shrew, Thin Shrew
	Species	Crocidura thalia Dippenaar, 1980 – Thalia's Shrew, Thalia Shrew
	Species	Crocidura theresae Heim de Balsac, 1968 – Therese's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura thomensis (Bocage, 1887) – São Tomé Shrew
	Species	Crocidura trichura Dobson in Thomas, 1889 – Christmas Island Shrew
	Species	Crocidura turba Dollman, 1910 – Turbo Shrew, Tumultuous Shrew
	Species	Crocidura ultima Dollman, 1915 – Ultimate Shrew
	Species	Crocidura usambarae Dippenaar, 1980 – Usambara Shrew
	Species	Crocidura viaria (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1834) – Savanna Path Shrew
	Species	Crocidura virgata Sanderson, 1940 – Mamfe Shrew
	Species	Crocidura voi Osgood, 1910 – Voi Shrew
	Species	Crocidura vorax G. Allen, 1923 – Voracious Shrew
	Species	Crocidura vosmaeri Jentink, 1888 – Banka Shrew
	Species	Crocidura watasei Kuroda, 1924 – Lesser Ryukyu Shrew
	Species	Crocidura whitakeri de Winton, 1898 – Whitaker's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura wimmeri Heim de Balsac and Aellen, 1958 – Wimmer's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura wuchihensis Wang, 1966 – Hainan Island Shrew
	Species	Crocidura xantippe Osgood, 1910 – Xanthippe's Shrew, Vermiculate Shrew
	Species	Crocidura yankariensis Hutterer and Jenkins, 1980 – Yankari Shrew
	Species	Crocidura zaphiri Dollman, 1915 – Zaphir's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura zarudnyi Ognev, 1928 – Zarudny's Rock Shrew, Zarudny's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura zimmeri Osgood, 1936 – Upemba Shrew, Zimmer's Shrew
	Species	Crocidura zimmermanni Wettstein, 1953 – Cretan Shrew, Zimmermann's Shrew

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Rainer Hutterer
	Notes:	Zoologisches Forschunginstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
	Reference for:	Crocidura

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	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
	Page(s):	xviii + 1207
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-217-9
	Notes:	Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
	Reference for:	Crocidura

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	2005
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
	Page(s):	2142
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8221-4
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Crocidura

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Comments


	Comment:	Comments: Eurasian species revised by Jenkins (1976), Indomalayan and Philippine species by Heaney and Ruedi (1994) and Ruedi (1995), Chinese species by Jiang and Hoffmann (2001). Phenetic and Phylogenetic relationships of African and Palearctic species studied by Butler et al. (1989), Maddalena (1990) and McLellan (1994), and of Asian and Indomalayan species by Heaney and Ruedi (1994), Ruedi (1996), and Ruedi et al. (1998). Karyotypes of SE Asian species described by Ruedi and Vogel (1995), those of...

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