Sorex hoyi

S. F. Baird, 1857

Eastern 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487584

Original name as described

Sorex hoyi

Other common names

American Pygmy Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:632 (= USNM:MAMM:A1783)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f943eb35-fee4-404f-9f66-7f536b4c67e9

Type locality

Racine, Wisconsin, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(ND,SD,WI,IA,MI,MN,IN,IL,OH,KY,TN,GA,SC,NC,AL?,VA,WV,MD,PA?,NY,NH,VT,ME)

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. eximius

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004244

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.

Microsorex winnemana

(Preble, 1910)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

winnemanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:126320

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bc74395a-8380-4278-9a5e-6996c2670d4a

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334585

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Sorex thompsoni

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thompsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:1686 (= USNM:MAMM:A38838)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35efecbd4-5c31-4850-962b-29a6fd5cc537

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487586

Authority publication

Washington

Microsorex hoyi intervectus

(H. H. T. Jackson, 1925)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

intervectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:226979

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32b6e7919-ccd3-4e20-a138-23d718b2efdf

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557691

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sorex hoyi

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hoyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:632 (= USNM:MAMM:A1783)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f943eb35-fee4-404f-9f66-7f536b4c67e9

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487584

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. True (1885:606, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41400/115183871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microsorex hoyi

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hoyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Microsorex thompsoni

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thompsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

26

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Sorex hoyi hoyi

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hoyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sorex hoyi thompsoni

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

thompsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sorex hoyi winnemana

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

winnemana

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 (2018:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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