Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Chimarrogale platycephalus
Chimarrogale platycephalus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Chimarrogale platycephalus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Included in himalayica since Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), but retained as a separate species by Harrison (1958), Hutterer and Hürter (1981), Hoffmann (1987), and Corbet and Hill (1991). Arai et al. (1985) reported on clinal size variation in Japan. For date of publication see Holthuis and Sakai (1970). The species name is often spelled platycephala (as such in the second edition, 1993a); however, platycephalus is to be regarded as a noun, in which case the specific name does not chan...
Comment:
Wilson & Reeder (eds., 2005) notes that "platycephalus is to be regarded as a noun, in which case the specific name does not change with the gender of the genus"