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Crocidura

Mammalia - Soricidae

Synonyms
  • Rhinomus was named by Murray (1861). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Crocidura by Van Valen (1967).
  • Leucodon was named by Fatio (1869). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Crocidura by Van Valen (1967).
  • Paurodus was named by Schulze (1897). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Crocidura by Van Valen (1967).
  • Heliosorex was named by Heller (1910). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Crocidura by Van Valen (1967).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Crocidura Wagler
1861Rhinomus Murray
1869Leucodon Fatio
1895Sorex (Crocidura) Allen p. 189
1897Paurodus Schulze
1910Heliosorex Heller
1967Crocidura Van Valen
1968Crocidura Kurten p. 46
1984Crocidura Butler
1986Crocidura George p. 158
1988Crocidura Carroll
2005Crocidura Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
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

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.

G. Crocidura Wagler 1832
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Crocidura giffardi de Winton 1898
Crocidura horsfieldi Tomes 1856 [Horsfield's shrew]
Crocidura kornfeldi Kormos 1934
Crocidura leucodon Hermann 1780
Crocidura olivieri Lesson 1827 [African giant shrew]
Crocidura russula Herrmann 1780 [Greater white-toothed shrew]
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Invalid names: Crocidura mimula Miller 1901 [synonym]
Crocidura zimmermanni Wettstein 1953
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Invalid names: Sorex caerulescens Shaw 1800 [synonym]
Invalid names: Heliosorex Heller 1910 [synonym], Leucodon Fatio 1869 [synonym], Paurodus Schulze 1897 [synonym], Rhinomus Murray 1861 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available