Diplomesodon sonnerati

Taxonavigation
Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Crocidurinae
Genus: Diplomesodon
Species: Diplomesodon sonnerati
Name
Diplomesodon sonnerati Cheke in Cheke & Hume, 2018: 595
- Holotype (ichnotype): specimen illustrated by Sonnerat.
- Type locality: “Vicinity of Pondicherry/Puducherry, southern India”.
References
Primary references
- Cheke, A.S. & Hume, J.P. 2018. The Réunion Fody and Sonnerat’s Shrew and the validity of scientifically naming animals described without physical types. Zootaxa 4382(3): 592–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.10
Reference page.
Additional references
- Nizamudheen, M., Arockianathan, S., Sirajudeen, M.S., Anbazhagan, A. & Rajaboopathi, B.K. 2025. Rediscovery of an 'extinct' endemic mammal Sonnerat's Shrew (Diplomesodon sonnerati Cheke, 2012) in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 21(2): 171–174. DOI: 10.22067/ijab.2025.90911.1089
Reference page.
Vernacular names
- English: Sonnerat's Shrew