Sorex arizonae
Diersing & D. F. Hoffmeister, 1977
Arizona 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
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Diersing, V.E. and Hoffmeister, D.F. 1977. Revision of the shrews _Sorex merriami_ and a description of a new species of the subgenus Sorex. Journal of Mammalogy 58(3):321-333.
Authority publication link
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1379331Original name as described
Sorex arizonae
Type material
MSB:Mamm:275328
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:275328Type locality
"extreme upper end of Miller Canyon, 10 mi [= 16 km] S, 4.75 mi [= 7.64 km] E Fort Huachuca, Cochise Co., Arizona." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 31.43°N, longitude 110.24°W."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(AZ,NM)
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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