Blarina hylophaga
D. G. Elliot, 1899
Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Blarinini |
| Genus | : Blarina |
Species status
Authority citation
Elliot, D.G. 1899. Description of apparently new species and sub-species of mammals from the Indian Territory. Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series 1(15):285-288.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2645661Original name as described
Blarina brevicauda hulophaga
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:6770
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
"Dougherty, Indian Territory," Murray County, Oklahoma, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States
Subregion distribution
USA(NE,KS,MO,IL,IN,KY,TN,AR,LA,OK,TX)
Taxonomy notes
has been spelt 'hulophaga', however, there was an emendation to the name that has been predominantly followed ('hylophaga') by most publications; to avoid confusion, the emended spelling is retained here for now following Woodman, 2018
Taxonomy notes citation
Woodman, N. (2018). American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, solenodons, moles, and shrews in the New World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 650, 1-107.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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