Crocidura balingka

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Crocidurinae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: Crocidura balingka

Name

Crocidura balingka Nations, Handika, Mursyid, Busta, Apandi, Achmadi & Esselstyn, 2024: 376

• Holotype: LSUMZ 40239, adult ♂, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by Ahmad Mursyid on 23 November 2018.
• Type locality: “Indonesia, Sumatera Barat, Agam, Kecamatan IV Koto, Kenagarian Balingka, Jorong Pahambatan, northern slope of Mt. Singgalang, 0.37389°S, 100.32799°E, 2,100 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Nations, J.A., Handika, H., Mursyid, A., Busta, R.D., Apandi, Achmadi, A.S. & Esselstyn, J.A. 2024. Three new shrews (Soricidae: Crocidura) from West Sumatra, Indonesia: elevational and morphological divergence in syntopic sister taxa. Journal of Mammalogy 105(2): 372–389. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyad126 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Balingka Shrew