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Crocidura russula (Greater white-toothed shrew)

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Sorex russulus was named by Herrmann (1780). It is extant.

It was recombined as Crocidura russula by George (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. hosfildi, C. obtusa, C. tarfayaensis, C. aithiops, C. dolichura, C. nana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Sorex russulus Herrmann p. 382
1986Crocidura russula George p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilyCrocidurinaeMilne Edwards 1874
genusCrociduraWagler 1832
speciesrussula(Herrmann 1780)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Crocidura russula Herrmann 1780 [Greater white-toothed shrew]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available