Sorex cansulus

O. Thomas, 1912

Gansu 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. 1912-10-01. On a collection of small mammals from the Tsin-ling Mountains, Central China, presented to Mr. G. Fenwick Owen to the National Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(58):395-403.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640469

Original name as described

Sorex cansulus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.8.5.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6c02f8f6-e41f-4b7d-a300-7274ced4f5a0

Type locality

"46 miles [= 74 km] S.E. of Tao-chou [= Lingtan]. 9800–10,000' [= 2987–3048 m]," Gansu, north-western China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004226

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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 cansulus

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cansulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.8.5.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6c02f8f6-e41f-4b7d-a300-7274ced4f5a0

Authority page

398

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640469

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20383/22318966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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