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Crocidura makeda Konečný, Hutterer, Meheretu, & Bryja, 2020

Makeda White-toothed Shrew

Authority citation: Konečný, A., Hutterer, R., Meheretu, Y. and Bryja, J. 2020-11-13. Two new species of Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Ethiopia and updates on the Ethiopian shrew fauna. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 69(2):20064.

Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.20064

Original name as described: Crocidura makeda

Nominal names: makeda Konečný, Hutterer, Meheretu, & Bryja, 2020


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Soricidae -- Subfamily: Crocidurinae

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: NMPr 96962

Type locality: bank of a small stream, Erica and grassland mosaic, camp of the guards (10.8499 N, 38.7937 E), Borena Saynt National Park, Amhara, Ethiopia, 3198 m a.s.l.

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Ethiopia (ETH)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated


Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Konečný, A., Hutterer, R., Meheretu, Y., & Bryja, J. (2020). Two new species of Crocidura (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Ethiopia and updates on the Ethiopian shrew fauna. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 69(2), 20064-1.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006509

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