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Taxonomy
Suncus varilla was named by Thomas (1895). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Suncus varilla Thomas |
| 1924 | Suncus orangiae Roberts |
| 2005 | Suncus varilla Wilson and Reeder |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Suncus varilla Thomas 1895 [Lesser dwarf shrew]
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Invalid names: Suncus orangiae Roberts 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | South Africa | Suncus varilla (22339 22341 22353) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Suncus varilla (22333) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Zambia | Suncus varilla (68339) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Suncus varilla (21915) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Suncus varilla (21949) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Suncus varilla, Suncus orangiae (22628) |