Sorex altoensis
Carraway, 2007
Alto Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Soricini |
| Genus | : Sorex |
| Subgenus | : incertae sedis |
Species status
Authority citation
Carraway, L.N. 2007-01. Shrews (Eulypotyphla: Soricidae) of Mexico. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 3(1):1-91.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3398/1545-0228-3.1.1Original name as described
Sorex veraecrucis altoensis
Type material
KU:M:107135
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Volcán de Fuego, 9800 ft. [= 2987 m], Jalisco, latitude 19.55°N, longitude 103.63°W."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
recently described as a new subspecies of S. veraecrucis, but was recently split from that species
Taxonomy notes citation
Carraway, L. N. (2007). Shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) of Mexico. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, 3, 1-91. · Woodman, N. (2018). American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, solenodons, moles, and shrews in the New World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 650, 1-107.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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