Blarina peninsulae

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Everglades 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1895-12-31. Revision of the shrews of the American genera Blarina and Notiosorex. North American Fauna 10:1-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540256

Original name as described

Blarina carolinensis peninsulæ

Other common names

Florida Short-tailed Shrew · Peninsular Short-tailed Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:70874

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3002febef-b5be-440f-a622-6995fe11bc29

Type locality

"Miami River, Dade County, Fla. [= Florida]," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(FL)

Taxonomy notes

may be a subspecies of B. carolinensis but is retained as a species following Woodman 2018

Taxonomy notes citation

Benedict, R. A., Genoways, H. H., & Choate, J. R. (2006). Taxonomy of short-tailed shrews (genus Blarina) in Florida. Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Museum, 103. · 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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004123

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.

Blarina carolinensis peninsulæ

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

peninsulae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:70874

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3002febef-b5be-440f-a622-6995fe11bc29

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540256

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14561)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Blarina brevicauda peninsulæ

Bangs, 1898

Family

Soricidae

Root name

peninsulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756054

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Bangs (1898:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20629)

Blarina peninsulae

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

peninsulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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