Suncus murinus
Creators: name: Hutterer, Rainer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Insectivora
Soricidae
Suncus
Suncus murinus

description: <i>Suncus murinus</i> (Linnaeus, 1766). Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:74. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Java. DISTRIBUTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, China, Taiwan, Japan, continental and peninsular Indomalayan Region; introduced into Guam, the Maidive Islands, and probably many other islands; introduced in historical times into coastal Affica (Egypt to Tanzania), Madagascar, the Comores, Mauritius, and Réunion, and into coastal Arabia (Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia). SYNONYMS: <i>albicauda, albinus, andersoni, auriculata, beddontei, blanfordii, blythii, caerulaeus, caerulescens, caeruleus, celebensis, ceylanica, crassicaudus, duvernoyi, edwardsiana, fulvocinerea, fuscipes, geoffroyi, giganteus, griffithii, heterodon, indicus, kandianus, kroonii, kuekenthali, leucura, luzoniensis, malabaricus, mauritiana, media, melanodon, microtis, mulleri, muschata, myosurus, nemorivagus, nitidofulva, occultidens, palawanensis, pealana, pilorides, riukiuana, rubicunda, sacer, saturatior, semmelincki, semmeliki, serpentarius, sindensis, soccatus, sonneratii, swinhoei, temminckii, tytleri, unicolor, viridescens, waldemarii.</i> COMMENTS: A very variable species with a number of genetically distinct populations which almost behave like semispecies (Hasler et al., 1977; Yamagata et al., 1987; Yoshida, 1985). A number of laboratory strains have been established (Oda et al., 1985). Much of the present distribution is the result of human agency (Hutterer and Tranier, 1990). Includes <i>albicauda, auriculata, crassicaudus, duvernoyi, leucura, mauritiana, sacer,</i> and <i>geoffroyi;</i> see Heim de Balsac and Meester (1977). Includes <i>edwardsiana</i> (formerly in <i>Crocidura), luzoniensis, occultidens,</i> and <i>palawanensis;</i> see Heaney et al. (1987).
description: Published as part of <i>Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, pp. 69-130 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 103, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353085
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