Episoriculus soluensis

(Gruber, 1969)

Nepalese 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

Authority citation

Gruber, U. 1969-12-01. Tiergsographlsche, okologische und bionomische Untersuchungen an kleinen Saugetieren in Ost-Nepal. Khumbu Himal 3(2):149-312.

Original name as described

Soriculus caudatus soluensis

Other common names

Solu Long-tailed Shrew

Type material

ZSM 470

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ringmo, Solukhumbu District, Nepal, 2700 m.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Nepal · India · China

Taxonomy notes

split from E. sacratus (which was previously under E. caudatus)

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004198

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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 caudatus soluensis

(Gruber, 1969)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soluensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 470

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

309

Authority publication

Khumbu Himal

Name usages

  1. Gruber (1969:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68609)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Episoriculus soluensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

451

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. Liu, Wang, Wan, Liao, Chen, Liu & Yue (2025:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68820)

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