Blarina shermani
W. J. Hamilton, 1955
Sherman'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
Hamilton, W.J., Jr. 1955-05-20. A new subspecies of _Blarina brevicauda_ from Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 68:37-40.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34549483Original name as described
Blarina brevicauda shermani
Type material
USNM:MAMM:514828 (= CUMV 8026)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bf554be1-2b7a-4d5b-bd41-36018385cd5cType locality
"two miles north of Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida," USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States
Subregion distribution
USA(FL)
Taxonomy notes
split from B. carolinensis
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.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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