Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Zatheria
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Magnordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Eulipotyphla
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: Crocidura allex
Name
Crocidura allex Osgood, 1910: 20
Holotype: FMNH Mammals 16820, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Edmund Heller, 31 January 1906.
Type locality: “Naivasha, British East Africa”, Kenya.
Etymology: Latin hallex, hallicis ‘the great toe’.
Synonyms
Crocidura alpina E. Heller, 1910: 5
Holotype: USNM:MAMM:163089, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by John Alden Loring, 4 October 1909.
Type locality: “West slope of Mount Kenya, altitude 10,000 ft (3,048 m),” Kenya.
Etymology: Latin alpinus ‘alpine, of high mountains, of the Alps’, from alpes or alpis ‘high mountains, Alps’.
Crocidura allex zinki Heim de Balsac, 1957: 151
Holotype: SMNS 4512, ♂, skin and skull, collected by Gerhardt Zink, 27 April 1952.
Type locality: Kilimanjaro, altitude 3550 m, Tanzania.
Etymology: Gerhardt Zink (1919–2003), German ornithologist and zoologist.
References
Primary references
Osgood, W.H. 1910. Further new mammals from British East Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 10: 15–21. BHL
Heller, E. 1910. Descriptions of seven new species of East African mammals. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 56(9): 1–5. BHL
Heim de Balsac, H. 1957. Insectivores de la famille des Soricidae de l’Afrique orientale. Zoologischer Anzeiger 158: 144–153.
Additional references
Allen, G.M. 1939. A checklist of African mammals. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 83: 1–763. BHL.
Jaeger, E.C. 1959. Source-book of biological names and terms. Charles C. Thomas: Springfield. Third edition (Revised second printing). Pp. 316. HathiTrust
Beolens, B., Watkins, M. & Grayson, M. 2009. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 592 pp. ISBN 978-0801893049. Reference page.
Dieterlen, F., Turni, H. & Marquart, K. 2013. Type specimens of mammals in the collection of the Museum of Natural History Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Abteilung A; Neue Serie, 6: 291–303. PDF.
Fisher, R.D. & Ludwig, C.A. 2015. Catalog of type specimens of Recent mammals: Orders Didelphimorphia through Chiroptera (excluding Rodentia) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 644: 1–110. DOI: 10.5479/si.19436696.644.
Links
Crocidura allex in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Crocidura allex Osgood, 1910 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).}
IUCN: Crocidura allex Osgood, 1910 (Least Concern)
Mammal Diversity Database. (2024). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.12). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10463715 Crocidura allex
FMNH Mammals 16820 Crocidura allex. VertNet. [Retrieved 2024-01-19]
USNM 163089. Mammals Collections in National Museum of Natural History. [Retrieved 2024-01-19]
Vernacular names
English: East African Highland Shrew
polski: zębiełek wyżynny
The East African highland shrew (Crocidura allex) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, high-elevation grassland, and swamps.
References
Dando, T. (2021). "Crocidura allex". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T5620A22301002. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T5620A22301002.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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