Crocidura zarudnyi Ognev, 1928

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 98

Crocidura zarudnyi Ognev, 1928 . [Mammals of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia], 1:341.

TYPE LOCALITY: Iran, Baluchistan (border) .

DISTRIBUTION: SE Iran, SE Afghanistan, SW Pakistan (Spitzenberger, 1971).

SYNONYMS: streetorum, tatianae.

COMMENTS: The species was first named tatianae by Ognev (1921), but later (1828) replaced by zarudnyi ; Ognev argued that tatianae was preoccupied by tatiana Dollman, 1915 (now a synonym of the African olivieri ). Strictly following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1985, art. 58), this is not the case, and zarudnyi would be an unjustified replacement name. However, since the species has always been called zarudnyi it would be justified to present the case to the commission in favor of stability. The definition of zarudnyi follows Spitzenberger (1971) and Hassinger (1970), but not Jenkins (1976) who included arispa which is now regarded as part of serezkyensis ; see under that species. As Spitzenberger (1971) pointed out, zarudnyi has a shorter rostrum and a heavier mandible than both pergrisea and serezkyensis . The status of streetorum is not clear although it is included here as suggested by Hassinger (1970). The distribution and morphology of pergrisea , serezkyensis , and zarudnyi should be carefully studied in the Hindukush, Karakoram and Pamir where their ranges may overlap.