Episoriculus caudatus

(Horsfield, 1851)

Hodgson's Brown-toothed Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Horsfield, T. 1851. A Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company. J. & H. Cox, London, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832432

Original name as described

Sorex caudatus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.479

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88c88e23-48ff-4f30-86f0-c652fedbb61e

Type locality

"Sikim and Darjeling, Upper India."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Nepal · China

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. umbrinus and E. sacratus (which then included E. soluensis, now a separate species)

Taxonomy notes citation

Motokawa, M., Harada, M., Mekada, K., & Shrestha, K. C. (2008). Karyotypes of three shrew species (Soriculus nigrescens, Episoriculus caudatus and Episoriculus sacratus) from Nepal. Integrative zoology, 3(3), 180-185. · Abramov, A. V., Bannikova, A. A., Chernetskaya, D. M., Lebedev, V. S., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2017). The first record of Episoriculus umbrinus from Vietnam, with notes on the taxonomic composition of Episoriculus (Mammalia, Soricidae). Russian Journal of Theriology, 16, 117-128.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004194

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.

Sorex caudatus

(Horsfield, 1851)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.479

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88c88e23-48ff-4f30-86f0-c652fedbb61e

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832432

Authority publication

London

Soriculus gracilicauda

(J. Anderson, 1877)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gracilicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15545

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35548368

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Soriculus caudatus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Episoriculus caudatus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41428/22293617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Episoriculus caudatus caudatus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sorex caudatus

(Horsfield, 1849)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22065738

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sorex homourus

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

homourus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

8

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

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