Soricidae

Hoffmann, Michael, Grubb, Peter, Groves, Colin P., Hutterer, Rainer, Straeten, Erik Van Der, Simmons, Nancy & Bergmans, Wim, 2009, A synthesis of African and western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989), Zootaxa 2205, pp. 1-36 : 18-19

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Soricidae

Congosorex phillipsorum Stanley, Rogers & Hutterer, 2005: 271 . “ 9 km E Udekwa, Ndundulu Forest, West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains, Iringa District, Iringa Region, Tanzania; 7 º 45.117 ’S, 36 º 27.803 ’E, 1900 m ”. [CR]

Congosorex verheyeni Hutterer, Barriere & Colyn, 2002: 10 . “Mbomo, 00.24N, 14.44 E, Parc National d' Odzala, RC” [ Republic of Congo]. [LC]

Crocidura bottegoides Hutterer & Yalden, 1990: 67 . “grassy clearing in Schefflera / Hagenia forest near Katcha Camp (06° 42 ’ N 39 ° 44 ’ E), 2400 m, Harenna Forest, Bale Province, Ethiopia ”. [EN]

Crocidura desperata Hutterer, Jenkins & W. Verheyen, 1991: 165 . “the mountain bamboo zone of the Rungwa Mountains (09°08'S, 33 ° 40 'E; above 2000 m), southern Tanzania ”. [EN]

Crocidura goliath nimbasilvanus Hutterer, 2003: 370 . New name for Crocidura odorata guineensis Heim de Balsac, 1968: 348, Ziela, Mt Nimba, Guinea, not Crocidura occidentalis guineensis Cabrera, 1903: 22 , Cape San Juan, Rio Muni ( Equatorial Guinea).

Crocidura harenna Hutterer & Yalden, 1990: 64 . “in Schefflera / Hagenia forest at Katcha Camp (06° 42 ’ N 39 ° 44 ’ E), 2400 m, Harenna Forest, Bale Province, Ethiopia ”. [CR]

Crocidura osorio Molina & Hutterer, 1989: 86 . “Monte Osorio , north-eastern Gran Canaria, Canary Islands” [ Spain].

Remarks: New morphological and genetic data show that osorio should be included in C. russula ( Vogel et al. 2003; Hutterer 2005).

Myosorex gnoskei Kerbis Peterhans, Hutterer, Kaliba & Mzaibuko, 2008: 23 . “The trapping station was 200 m north of the Chilinda Guest House within Nyika National Park, Malawi (10 o 34 ’ 37 ”S, 33 o 48 ’ 30 ”E, 2285 m)”.

Myosorex kihaulei Stanley & Hutterer, 2000: 20 . “Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve in central Tanzania, 19.5 km N, 0.5 km W Chita, 8 ° 20 ' 50 "S, 35 ° 56 ' 20 "E, 2000 ”. [EN]

Remarks: This species was announced in Hutterer et al. (1991) but left undescribed due to imperfectly preserved specimens.

Myosorex longicaudatus boosmani Dippenaar, 1995: 1085 . “Boosmansbos Wilderness Area, ca. 6 km S Lemoenshoek, Langeberge” [ South Africa].

Sylvisorex konganensis Ray & Hutterer, 1996: 93 . “unlogged mixed species forest near Kongana camp (02° 47 'N, 16 ° 25 'E), Dzanga-Sangha Forest Reserve, SW Central African Republic ”. [DD]

Remarks: The second issue of Ecotropica appeared in print in 1996, not 1995, as given on the cover.

Sylvisorex pluvialis Hutterer & Schlitter, 1996: 61 . “Ikenge Research Station, Korup National Park, 160 m (05° 16 ’ N, 09° 08’ E), South West Province, Cameroon ”. [DD]

References

Hutterer, R., Jenkins, P. D. & Verheyen, W. (1991) A new forest shrew from southern Tanzania. Oryx, 25, 165 - 168.

Dippenaar, N. J. (1995) Geographic variation in Myosorex longicaudatus (Soricidae) in the southern Cape Province, South Africa. Journal of Mammalogy, 76, 1071 - 1087.

Hutterer, R. & Yalden, D. W. (1990) Two new species of shrews from a relic forest in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. In: Peters, G. & Hutterer, R. (Eds), Vertebrates in the Tropics: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Vertebrate Biogeography and Systematics in the Tropics, Bonn, June 5 - 8, 1989. Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Institute and Zoological Museum, Bonn, pp 63 - 72.

Hutterer, R. & Schlitter, D. A. (1996) Shrews of Korup National Park, Cameroon, with the description of a new Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae). In: Genoways, H. H. and Bakers, R. J. (Eds), Contributions in Mammalogy: A Memorial Volume Honoring Dr. J. Knox Jones, Jr. Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, pp. 57 - 66.

Hutterer, R., Barriere, P. & Colyn, M. (2002) A new myosoricine shrew from the Congo Basin referable to the forgotten genus Congosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 72 Supplement, 7 - 16.

Hutterer, R. (2003) Two replacement names and a note on the author of the shrew family Soricidae (Mammalia). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 50, 369 - 370.

Kerbis Peterhans, J. C., Hutterer, R., Kaliba, P. & Mazibuko, L. (2008) First record of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Malawi with description as a new species, Mysorex gnoskei. Journal of East African Natural History, 97, 19 - 32.

Molina, O. M. & Hutterer, R. (1989) A cryptic new species of Crocidura from Gran Canaria and Tenerife, Canary Islands (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 40, 85 - 97.

Ray, J. C. & Hutterer, R. (1996) Structure of a shrew community in the Central African Republic based on the analysis of carnivore scats, with the description of a new Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae). Ecotropica, 1 (2), 85 - 97.

Stanley, W. T. & Hutterer, R. (2000) A new species of Myosorex Gray, 1832 (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Eastern Arc mountains, Tanzania. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 49, 19 - 29.

Stanley, W. T., Rogers, M. A. & Hutterer, R. (2005) A new species of Congosorex from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, with significant biogeographical implications. Journal of Zoology, London, 265, 269 - 280.

Vogel, P., Cosson, J. - F. & Lopez-Jurado, L. F. (2003) Taxonomic status and origin of the shrews (Soricidae) from the Canary Islands inferred from a mtDNA comparison with the European species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 27, 271 - 282.