Myosorex tenuis Thomas and Schwann, 1905

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 100

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scientific name	Myosorex tenuis Thomas and Schwann, 1905
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Myosorex tenuis Thomas and Schwann, 1905 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905:131 -132.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Transvaal, near Wakkerstroom, Zuurbron .

DISTRIBUTION: Transvaal ( South Africa) and possibly W Mozambique.

COMMENTS: Provisionally regarded as a distinct species by Wolhuter (in Smithers, 1983:3) because of sympatry with cafer and a different karyotype. Meester et al. (1986) included tenuis in cafer .

References

Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359.

Smithers, R. H. N. 1983. The mammals of the Southern African Subregion. University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 736 pp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Insectivora
Family	Soricidae
Genus	Myosorex

Myosorex tenuis Thomas and Schwann, 1905

Rainer Hutterer 1993

1993

Myosorex tenuis

Thomas and Schwann 1905: 131

1905

Specimens