Sorex fimbriatus Wagler, 1832

Turni, Hendrik, Hutterer, Rainer & Asher, Robert, 2007, Type specimens of “ insectivoran ” mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Zootaxa 1470, pp. 1-33 : 22-23

Sorex fimbriatus Wagler, 1832

Wagler, J.G. (1832) Abhandlungen aus der Zoologie und Zootomie. Isis von Oken 25: 54.

Valid name: Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811)

Syntypes: ZMB 22006, body in alcohol, skull extracted [in June 2006]; ZMB 83310, male, body in alcohol, skull extracted [June 2006]. Collected from Bavaria, Germany (by implication). No further data available.

Comments: This taxon was listed as a synonym of Crocidura russula until recently. The extraction of skulls from the two syntypes in 2006 revealed its identity with C. suaveolens . Measurements of ZMB 22006, an old adult, are as follows: head and body length c. 57 mm, tail length 35 mm, hindfoot without claws 11 mm: skull broken but small, maxillary width 5.7 mm, coronoid height 4.0 mm; upper unicuspids 2 and 3 in line with parasytle of P4. Measurements of ZMB 83310 are as follows: head and body length c. 54 mm, tail length 37 mm, hindfoot length 11 mm; skull broken, maxillary width 5.3 mm, coronoid height 4.1 mm; third upper unicuspid smaller than U2 and parastyle of P4.