Myosorex schalleri Balsac, 1966:889
Schaller’s mouse shrew
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: pre-1967
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Schaller’s mouse shrew is only known from the holotype. However, it probably still survives.
Distribution
Itombwe Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the holotype (Kerbis Peterhans & Hutterer, 2008).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Heim de Balsac, H. 1966b. Faits nouveaux concernant l'évolution cranio-dentaire des Soricinés (Mammifères Insectivores). Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 263D: 889-892.
Other references:
Heim de Balsac, H. (1967). Faits nouveaux concernant les Myosorex (Soricidae) de l'Afrique orientale. Mammalia 31: 610-628.
Heim de Balsac, H. and Meester, J. (1977). Order Insectivora. Part 1. Pp. 1-29, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 22 Aug 1977].
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., not continuously paginated.
Kerbis Peterhans, J. and Hutterer, R. (2008). Myosorex schalleri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 09 September 2012.