Suncus fellowesgordoni

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: Suncus
Species: Suncus fellowesgordoni

Name

Suncus fellowesgordoni Phillips, 1932: 124

• Holotype: BMNH 1932.6.11.1, adult ♀, collected by A.C. Tutein-Nolthenius on 6 February 1931.
• Type locality: “West Haputale, Ohiya, Uva Province, Ceylon, altitude 5,200 ft to 6,000 ft”.

References

Primary references

• Phillips, W.W.A. 1932. Additions to the fauna of Ceylon. No 3. A new pygmy shrew from the mountains of Central Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 17(2): 123–126. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Meegaskumbura, S., Meegaskumbura, M. & Schneider, C.J. 2012. Re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the Sri Lankan pigmy shrew Suncus fellowesgordoni (Soricidae: Crocidurinae) and its phylogenetic relationship with S. etruscus. Zootaxa 3187(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3187.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Suncus fellowesgordoni  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Sri Lankan Shrew