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Banka Shrew

Crocidura vosmaeri Jentink, 1888

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Banka Shrew (Crocidura vosmaeri) range

Banka Shrew (Crocidura vosmaeri) range

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Banka shrew (Crocidura vosmaeri) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is only known from the Bangka Island in Indonesia and possibly Sumatra. It lives in primary and secondary lowland forest and it is not clear if can adapt to human settlements such as plantations. It is threatened by forest loss for logging, expanding plantations such as palm oil and mining.

Wikipedia contributors, Banka shrew; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:09:02.855555+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Crocidura vosmaeri Jentink, 1888
Name authority
Jentink, 1888
Common name
Banka Shrew
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Crocidura
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderEulipotyphla Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa, 1999
  12. familySoricidae G. Fischer, 1814
  13. subfamilyCrocidurinae A. Milne-Edwards, 1872
  14. genusCrocidura Wagler, 1832
  15. speciesCrocidura vosmaeri Jentink, 1888

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Crocidura. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Tanzanian ShrewCrocidura tansaniana Hutterer, 1986SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ussuri ShrewCrocidura lasiura Dobson, 1890SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Neglected ShrewCrocidura neglecta Jentink, 1888SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Voi ShrewCrocidura voi Osgood, 1910SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Congo ShrewCrocidura congobelgica Hollister, 1916SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Heather ShrewCrocidura erica Dollman, 1915SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Javan Long-tailed White-toothed ShrewCrocidura abscondita Eselstyn, Achmadi & Maharadatunkamsi, 2014SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bekele's White-toothed ShrewCrocidura afeworkbekelei Lavrenchenko, Voyta & Hutterer, 2016SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Crocidura anhuiensis H. Zang, B.W. Zhang & C. Li, 2019SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Batak White-toothed ShrewCrocidura batakorum Hutterer, 2007SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Crocidura brevicauda Esselstyn et al., 2021SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Crocidura caudipilosa Esselstyn et al., 2019SoricidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 289 records assigned to Soricidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=709770 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:ZK8C. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.