Type specimens of “ insectivoran ” mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Author
Turni, Hendrik
Author
Hutterer, Rainer
Author
Asher, Robert
text
Zootaxa
2007
1470
1
33
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273750
b791e095-c2b5-46d1-8666-d67f9f3c4347
1175-5326
273750
Crocidura Waldemarii
Peters, 1870
Peters, W.C.H.
(
1870
)
Ü ber neue Arten von Spitzmãusen des Königl. Zoologischen Museums aus
Ceylon
,
Malacca
, Borneo,
China
, Luzon und Ostafrika
.
Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1870
:
590
[
584–596
].
Valid name:
Suncus murinus
Linnaeus, 1766
Holotype
: ZMB 662, adult female, skin, skull. Collected by Prince Waldemar of Prussia from “
Bengalen
” (
India
) between
1844 and 1846
.
Comments: This specimen had not previously been identified as a
type
in the collection; it is however the only registered soricid specimen collected by Prince Waldemar of Prussia during an expedition to
India
1844– 1846
. Peters (1870) observed a single specimen.