Type specimens of “ insectivoran ” mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Turni, Hendrik
Hutterer, Rainer
Asher, Robert
Zootaxa
2007
1470
1
33
Wagler, 1832
Wagler
1832
[151,566,1549,1575]
Mammalia
Soricidae
Crocidura
Animalia
Soricomorpha
20
21
Chordata
species
moschata
Valid name: Crocidura suaveolens(Pallas, 1811) Syntype: ZMB 83309, in alcohol; collected in Bavaria (by implication); no further data available. Comments: This taxon was listed as a synonym of C. russulaby previous authors but voucher specimens were never studied. The skull of syntypeZMB 83309 was extracted in June 2006and revealed the identity of moschataas C. suaveolens. Measurements of ZMB 83309 are as follows: head and body length c. 59 mm, tail length 34 mm, hindfoot length 10.5 mm; skull small, third upper unicuspid smaller than second and parastyle of P4; condylobasal length 16.9 mm, maxillary width 5.5 mm, coronoid height 4.1 mm.