Rediscovery of the type series of the Sacred Shrew, Sorex religiosus I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826, with additional notes on mummified shrews of ancient Egypt (Mammalia: Soricidae)
Author
Woodman, Neal
Author
Koch, Claudia
Author
Hutterer, Rainer
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-30
4341
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1
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journal article
31699
10.11646/zootaxa.4341.1.1
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1175-5326
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Crocidura religiosa
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n
= 30).
—EGYPT; Aburoash, near Cairo (BMNH 19.8.16.2, 19.8.16.3); Cairo (BMNH 4.8.2.4– 4.8.2.8); East Bank of Nile, University Farm, Assuit (BMNH 76.547); Giza (BMNH 10.6.18.4—holotype; 10.6.18.5; ZFMK 1986.040, 1986.041). Giza Imbaba: Abu Rawash (FMNH 84639, 84653, 89580, 89985, 95891, 98169, 100739, 105063, 106443; 108383; USNM 311766, 341933; YPM 5840); Nahya (FMNH 84567; USNM 311768); Minshat el Bakkari (FMNH 84753); Minufiya Mit Faris (FMNH 101505); Kafr Hakim (USNM 311767).