Megasorex gigas

(C. H. Merriam, 1897)

Mexican Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1897-07-15. Descriptions of five new shrews from Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11:227-230.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263415

Original name as described

Notiosorex gigas

Other common names

Merriam's Desert Shrew · Mexican Giant Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:88012

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/365906f57-c96b-4091-93ce-66466c79b26b

Type locality

"Mts. at Milpillas, near San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 22.12°N, longitude 104.11°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004207

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.

Notiosorex gigas

(C. H. Merriam, 1897)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:88012

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/365906f57-c96b-4091-93ce-66466c79b26b

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263415

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Megasorex gigas

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41454/22319710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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