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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
—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

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:40:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 9 to the top of the Holocene or 11.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.7 Ma

Collections (140 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France C. sp. (200296)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) C. sp. (11798)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Namibia C. sp. (87787)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Dodecannese) C. sp. (202499)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya C. aithiops (21510)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India C. sp. (70525)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Austria (Lower Austria) C. obtusa (167717)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation C. sp. (34110)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) C. kornfeldi (35383)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India C. sp. (70522 70523)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia C. dolichura, C. aithiops (21546)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece C. kornfeldi (34592) C. sp. (34589)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) C. kornfeldi (35369 35371) C. sp. (35382)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) C. kornfeldi (35370)
Pleistocene - Neogene2.588 - 2.58Greece C. sp. (34607)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia C. aithiops (21545)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania C. sp. (21805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania C. sp. (32145 32192 32194 33973 33975 34009) C. sp., C. kornfeldi (32195)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Tuscany) C. suaveolens (51778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Zambia C. fuscomurina, C. hirta, C. luna, C. mariquensis, C. turba, C. sp. (68339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Castilla-Leon) C. sp. (34916)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Verona) C. sp. (51625) C. zorzii, C. russula, C. sp. (43644)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Morocco C. sp. (34286)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary C. kornfeldi (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Tajikistan C. sp. (34103)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) C. suaveolens (40995 40999 41000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) C. hosfildi (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) C. sp. (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Macedonia) C. kornfeldi (34783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) C. kornfeldi (35427) C. obtusa (35442 35457 35459)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) C. kornfeldi (35428) C. obtusa, C. kornfeldi (35431 35432)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece C. kornfeldi (34767)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya C. dolichura, C. nana (21502)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Greece (Crete) C. sp. (204088 204300 204304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) C. kornfeldi (34765)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) C. sp. (34872)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Segovia) C. russula, C. suaveolens (36452)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sicily) C. esui (92437)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan C. sp. (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) C. sp. (183122) C. zimmermanni (192443)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium C. sp. (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa C. fuscomurina, C. flavescens, C. cyanea (21915)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) C. sp. (36760)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel C. samaritana (39251) C. samaritana, C. katinka (39252) C. sp., C. suaveolens (225664)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa C. hirta, C. fuscomurina, C. flavescens, C. cyanea (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Castilla-Leon) C. sp. (34870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) C. suaveolens (34128)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa C. silacea (21961)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia C. hirta, C. mariquensis (68340 68342) C. mariquensis (68341)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Tunisia (Kef) C. sp. (196971)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey (Central Anatolia) C. sp. (34368)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel C. leucodon (192424 192425)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) C. russula (43645) C. sp., C. russula (43653) C. zorzii (43642 43649) C. zorzii, C. sp., C. russula (43655)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) C. sp. (50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco C. darelbeidae, C. tarfayaensis (34330) C. tarfayaensis, C. russula (42866)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria C. suaveolens (34105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary C. leucodon (35047) C. leucodon, C. suaveolens (35045 36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) C. dsinezumi (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) C. sp. (34842 34848 34985)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) C. sp. (48889 48891)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Basilicata) C. kornfeldi (49812)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) C. zorzii (43697)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Crete) C. sp. (204078 204079 204083) C. zimmermanni (203950 204081)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) C. obtusa (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Abruzzo) C. sp. (68336)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) C. russula (43700 43705) C. sp. (43701)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece C. sp. (187637 199939)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) C. russula (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Dodecanese) C. russula (182809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines C. palawanensis (194833 194835) C. sp. (194836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnese) C. sp. (204955)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) C. suaveolens (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) C. leucodon (43619 43629 43631)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel C. russula (225667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) C. zimmermanni (192950 192951 192953 192954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) C. russula (40984)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) C. dsinezumi (101898 101899)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Pella) C. russula, C. leucodon (204957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom C. suaveolens (93837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel (Mount Carmel) C. samaritana, C. katinka (11803)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) C. hirta, C. mariquensis, C. bicolor (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Vicenza) C. aranea (43667)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa C. flavescens (21862) C. sp. (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia C. hirta, C. luna, C. bicolor (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya C. sp. (21959)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) C. suaveolens (215378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Crete) C. zimmermanni (192961)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire C. poensis, C. lamottei, C. pasha, C. eburneae, C. flavescens, C. theresae, C. jouvenetae, C. douceti, C. muricauda (21692)