Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1852-11-25. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1846 ausgeführt. Zoologie. I. Säugethiere. Georg Reimer, Berlin, 202 pp.
Authority publication link: https://books.google.com/books?id=WddTAAAAcAAJ
Original name as described: Crocidura hirta
Nominal names: annellata W. C. H. Peters, 1852 | canescens W. C. H. Peters, 1852 | hirta W. C. H. Peters, 1852 | sacralis W. C. H. Peters, 1852 | velutina O. Thomas, 1904 | flavidula O. Thomas & Schwann, 1905 | deserti Schwann, 1906 | beirae Dollman, 1915 | langi Cabrera, 1925 | luimbalensis J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1937
Other common names: Lesser Red Musk Shrew
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Soricidae -- Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 668, ZMB 669
Type locality: Tete, Zambezia Province, Mozambique (17°S).
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Tanzania (TZA) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) | Angola (AGO) | Zambia (ZMB) | Malawi (MWI) | Mozambique (MOZ) | Namibia (NAM) | Botswana (BWA) | Zimbabwe (ZWE) | South Africa (ZAF) | Eswatini (SWZ)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included C. bloyeti
Citation: Dianat, M., Voet, I., Ortiz, D., de Bellocq, J. G., Cuypers, L. N., Kryštufek, B., ... & Konečný, A. (2023). Cryptic diversity of Crocidura shrews in the savannahs of Eastern and Southern Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 180, 107708.
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