Anourosorex squamipes

A. Milne-Edwards, 1872

Chinese Mole Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Anourosoricini
Genus : Anourosorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1872. [Livraisons 10-15]. Pp. 231–304 in Milne-Edwards, A. 1872-1874. Mémoire sur la Faune mammalogique du Tibet oriental, et principalement de la principauté de Moupin. Pp. 231–386 in Milne-Edwards, H. and Milne-Edwards, A. 1868-1874. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères. Tome premier – Texte. G. Masson, Paris, 394 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524340

Original name as described

Anourosorex squamipes

Other common names

Chinese Short-tailed Shrew · Sichuan Burrowing Shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-16

Type locality

probably Moupin (= Baoxing), Sichuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · Laos · Vietnam · Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004115

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Anourosorex squamipes capnias

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

capnias

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-44505

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44505

Authority page

10

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Anourosorex assamensis capito

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

capito

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-44510

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44510

Authority page

11

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Anourosorex squamipes

A. Milne-Edwards, 1872

Family

Soricidae

Root name

squamipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-16

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524340

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:67, 68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41450/115186957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Anourosorex squamipes

A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871

Family

Soricidae

Root name

squamipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

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