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
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/31252029Original 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-b975-29f989eac761Type 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
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