Order Soricomorpha
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
220
311
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Myosorex sclateri
Thomas and Schwann 1905
Myosorex sclateri
Thomas and Schwann 1905
,
Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905 (15): 10
.
Type Locality:
South Africa
,
KwaZulu-Natal Prov.
, Zululand, Ngoye hills,
250 m
.
Vernacular Names:
Sclater's Mouse Shrew
.
Synonyms:
Myosorex affinis
Thomas and Schwann 1905
;
Myosorex talpinus
Thomas and Schwann 1905
.
Distribution:
Wet habitats in
KwaZulu-Natal
(
South Africa
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Vulnerable.
Discussion:
Provisionally regarded as a distinct species by Wolhuter (in
Smithers, 1983:3
); occurs in sympatry with
cafer
and has a different karyotype (2n = 38).
Meester et al. (1986)
included
sclateri
in
cafer
.