Solisorex pearsoni

O. Thomas, 1924

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

Male. USNM 519583. Also as Pearson's Shrew. Formerly Soricomorpha.
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Location:Sri Lanka, Central province, Horton PlainsDate taken:Jan 26, 1969

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6261

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Superfamily : Soricoidea
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Solisorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1924-09-16. A new genus and species of shrew from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 13(1):93-95.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015032631809?urlappend=%3Bseq=147%3Bownerid=13510798883939373-143

Original name as described

Solisorex pearsoni

Other common names

Pearson's Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1924.4.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30ac3728-3693-4119-9a10-18ef41615f79

Type locality

near Nuwara Eliya, Hakgala, Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004053

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Solisorex pearsoni

O. Thomas, 1924

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pearsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.4.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30ac3728-3693-4119-9a10-18ef41615f79

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015032631809?urlappend=%3Bseq=147%3Bownerid=13510798883939373-143

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1924:95, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015032631809?urlappend=%3Bseq=147%3Bownerid=13510798883939373-143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67768)
  2. Phillips (1925:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67770)
  3. Phillips (1928:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67777)
  4. Phillips (1929:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Hutterer (1993:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  9. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20332/22319797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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