Sorex arcticus

Kerr, 1792

Arctic Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Soricini
Genus : Sorex
Subgenus : Sorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664230

Original name as described

Sorex arcticus

Other common names

Black-backed Shrew · Saddle-back Shrew

Type locality

"Hudson Bay" Ontario, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(MT,ND,SD,MN,WI,MI)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004218

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 Richardsonii

Bachman, 1837

Family

Soricidae

Root name

richardsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.92

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a58c6074-2aa3-4ae3-8e99-18555a79c23a

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677057

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Sorex belli

C. H. Merriam, 1892

Family

Soricidae

Root name

belli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

CMN 46

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2259652

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sorex pachyurus

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pachyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:1674 (= USNM:MAMM:A38820)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f49a0c39-fa88-487e-8433-3796a0e991fc

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487572

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

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

Sorex arcticus laricorum

H. H. T. Jackson, 1925

Family

Soricidae

Root name

laricorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186837

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30630887e-baf7-416c-a292-abb3d5463e4d

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557693

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex sphagnicola

Coues, 1877

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sphagnicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:6361

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f11f178b-70da-4e9b-bc12-1263a0be9f9d

Authority page

650

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31646356

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories

Name usages

True (1885:606, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Sorex arcticus arcticus

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

arcticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

spagnicola

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

spagnicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

284

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex arcticus

Kerr, 1792

Family

Soricidae

Root name

arcticus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664230

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:90, 91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41385/115182930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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