Sorex eximius
Osgood, 1901
Western Pygmy 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
Authority citation
Osgood, W.H. 1901-09-26. Natural history of the Cook Inlet region, Alaska. North American Fauna 21:51-81.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800328Original name as described
Sorex (Microsorex) eximius
Type material
USNM:MAMM:107126
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3997cf900-364e-49de-87a9-18234096e59bType locality
Tyonek, Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Canada · United States
Subregion distribution
USA(AK,OR,ID,MT,WY,CO,ND)
Taxonomy notes
split from S. hoyi
Taxonomy notes citation
Hope, A. G., Stephens, R. B., Mueller, S. D., Tkach, V. V., & Demboski, J. R. (2020). Speciation of North American pygmy shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) supports spatial but not temporal congruence of diversification among boreal species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129(1), 41-60.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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