Myosorex cafer Sundevall 1846

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 : 265

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11341617

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Myosorex cafer Sundevall 1846
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Myosorex cafer Sundevall 1846 View in CoL

Myosorex cafer Sundevall 1846 View in CoL , Ofv. K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, Vol. 3: 119.

Type Locality: South Africa, "E Caffraria interiore et Port-Natal".

Vernacular Names: Dark-footed Mouse Shrew.

Synonyms: Myosorex swinnyi Chubb 1908 .

Distribution: South Africa, eastern escarpment from Eastern Cape Prov. north to Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces; extreme W Mozambique and E Zimbabwe, in higher elevations above 1,000 m.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Meester (1958) described the geographic variation of the species. Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977) included affinis , sclateri , swinnyi , talpinus , and tenuis in cafer , while Wolhuter (in Smithers, 1983:3) and Dippenaar et al. (1983) regarded sclateri and tenuis as distinct, partly based on new karyotype information ( M. cafer : 2n = 38). Although no additonal data have yet been published, this view is provisionally accepted here as it better reflects existing variation within the southern African representatives of the genus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Myosorex

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Myosorex cafer Sundevall 1846

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Myosorex cafer

Sundevall 1846: 119
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