Crocidura whitakeri de Winton 1897

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 : 254

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scientific name	Crocidura whitakeri de Winton 1897
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Crocidura whitakeri de Winton 1897 View in CoL

Crocidura whitakeri de Winton 1897 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897: 954.

Type Locality: Morocco, between Morocco City and Mogador, Sierzet.

Vernacular Names: Whitaker's Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura essaouiranensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980 ; Crocidura matruhensis Setzer 1960 ; Crocidura mesatanensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980 ; Crocidura zaianensis Vesmanis and Vesmanis 1980 .

Distribution: Atlantic and Mediterranean parts of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; one record from coastal Egypt (Hutterer, 1994). Range in Morocco mapped by Aulagnier and Thévenot (1987); in Algeria by Rzebik-Kowalska (1988); and in Tunisia by Sara and Zanca (1992).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: For synonyms see Hutterer (1987, 1991).