Sorex excelsus

G. M. Allen, 1923

Chinese Highland 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

Allen, G.M. 1923-12-28. New Chinese insectivores. American Museum Novitates 100:1-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170442

Original name as described

Sorex excelsus

Other common names

Lofty Shrew · Yunnan Shrew

Type material

AMNH M-44359

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44359

Type locality

"summit of Ho-shan [= Xue Shan], Pei-tai [= Baishuitai], thirty miles [= 48 km] south of Chung-tien [= Zhongdian], Yunnan, China, altitude 13,000 feet [= 3962 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Nepal?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004236

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 excelsus

G. M. Allen, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

excelsus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-44359

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-44359

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Hutterer (1993:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20385/22315900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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