Episoriculus macrurus

(Blanford, 1888)

Arboreal 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

Blanford, W.T. 1888. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. Taylor and Francis, London, 250 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28223159

Original name as described

Soriculus macrurus

Other common names

Long-tailed Mountain Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1890.1.1.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12c356c9-94c6-4da3-81b8-132fc5b25c6e

Type locality

Darjeeling, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · India · Myanmar · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004196

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.

Soriculus macrurus

(Blanford, 1888)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.1.1.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12c356c9-94c6-4da3-81b8-132fc5b25c6e

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28223159

Authority publication

London

Soriculus irene

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

irene

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.9.8.22

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b089da4-e7c3-40db-bc33-acee0daabb80

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571017

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Episoriculus macrurus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macrurus

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 (2008:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41433/115186554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Episoriculus macrurus irene

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Soricidae

Root name

irene

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

311

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Episoriculus macrurus macrurus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

450

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex macrurus

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

9

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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