Sorex bedfordiae

O. Thomas, 1911

Lesser Striped 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

Thomas, O. 1911-02-14. Mammals collected in the Provinces of Kan-su and Sze-chwan, western China, by Mr. Malcolm Anderson, for the Duke of Bedford's exploration of eastern Asia. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 90:3-5.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252029

Original name as described

Sorex bedfordiae

Other common names

Lesser Stripe-backed Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a39ee39-aded-4117-b975-29f989eac761

Type locality

"Omi-san, Sze-chwan [= China, Sichuan]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. gomphus, S. nepalensis, & S. wardi

Taxonomy notes citation

Chen, S., Tang, K., Wang, X., Li, F., Fu, C., Liu, Y., ... & Liu, S. (2022). Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitations of the striped-back shrew group (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae): Implications for cryptic diversity, taxonomy and multiple speciation patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 177, 107619.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004221

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 bedfordiae

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bedfordiae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a39ee39-aded-4117-b975-29f989eac761

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252029

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1911:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  2. Thomas (1912:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14032)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Hutterer (1993:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  7. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  8. Smith & Xie (2008:314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41388/22314391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex wardi fumeolus

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fumeolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.9.8.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f198a6e1-a6e8-4bf5-ba43-0cddec2e1411 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8ae04f7-2415-48fd-a40e-5e303920b37a

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31571017

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1912:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14032)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex bedfordiae bedfordiae

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bedfordiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

396

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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