Sorex dispar

Batchelder, 1911

Rock Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Soricini
Genus : Sorex
Subgenus : Otisorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Batchelder, C.F. 1911-05-15. A new name for _Sorex macrurus_ Batchelder. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24:97.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779428

Original name as described

Sorex dispar

Other common names

Long-tailed Shrew · Gaspé Shrew

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:41744

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:41744

Type locality

"Beede's [= Keene Heights], Essex county, New York," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(ME,NH,VT,MA,CT,NY,NJ,PA,WV,MD,VA,KY,,TN,NC)

Taxonomy notes

includes gaspensis as a subspecies

Taxonomy notes citation

Shafer, A. B., Scott, F. W., Petersen, S. D., Rhymer, J. M., & Stewart, D. T. (2008). Following the SINEs: a taxonomic revision of the long-tailed shrew complex, Sorex dispar and S. gaspensis. Journal of mammalogy, 89(6), 1421-1427. · Diersing, V. E. (2019). Taxonomic revision of the long-tailed shrew, Sorex dispar Batchelder, 1911, from the Appalachian Region of North America, with the description of a new subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy, 100(6), 1837-1846.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004234

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 gaspensis

H. E. Anthony & G. G. Goodwin, 1924

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gaspensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-64190

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-64190

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:92, 93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex macrurus

Batchelder, 1896

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:41744

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:41744

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2328703

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex dispar

Batchelder, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dispar

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MCZ:Mamm:41744

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:41744

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779428

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41394/115183478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex dispar kirklandi

Diersing, 2019

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kirklandi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMP 8393

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1841

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Sorex dispar blitchi

A. Schwartz, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

blitchi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:301993

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/390c22135-793f-4057-b47b-db362f89d938

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex dispar dispar

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dispar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex dispar gaspensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gaspensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

412

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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