Sorex chiapensis
H. H. T. Jackson, 1925
Chiapan 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
Authority citation
Jackson, H.H.T. 1925-11-13. Preliminary descriptions of seven shrews of the genus Sorex. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38:127-130.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557695Original name as described
Sorex veraepacis chiapensis
Type material
USNM:MAMM:75877
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3877aeed7-5aa8-4129-8aad-6a0126656a60Type locality
"San Cristobal, altitude 9,500 feet [= 2896 m], State of Chiapas, Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 16.75°N, longitude 92.63°W."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala
Taxonomy notes
split from S. veraepacis
Taxonomy notes citation
Matson, J. O., & Ordóñez-Garza, N. (2017). The taxonomic status of Long-tailed shrews (Mammalia: genus Sorex) from Nuclear Central America. Zootaxa, 4236(3), 461-483.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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