Myosorex varius (Smuts 1832)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 266

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Myosorex varius (Smuts 1832)
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[Sorex] varius Smuts 1832 , Enumer. Mamm. Capensium: 108.

Type Locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth).

Vernacular Names: Forest Shrew.

Synonyms: Myosorex pondoensis Roberts 1946 ; Myosorex transvaalensis Roberts 1924 .

Distribution: South Africa, from West and Eastern Cape across Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State to Mpumalanga and Gauteng Provinces; also Lesotho and Swaziland (Baxter, in litt., 2004).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Meester (1958). Karyotype (2n = 42) differs from all other southern African Myosorex (Wolhuter, in Smithers, 1983). For synonyms see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Myosorex

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Myosorex varius (Smuts 1832)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
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[Sorex] varius

Smuts 1832: 108
1832
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