Solisorex pearsoni

O. Thomas, 1924

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Spolia Zeylan., vol. 13, 94

Original name as described

Solisorex pearsoni

Other common names

Pearson's Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1924.4.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

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

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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