Sorex ibarrai

Matson & T. J. McCarthy, 2005

Ibarra's 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

Matson, J.O. and McCarthy, T.J. 2005-12. A new subspecies of Verapaz shrew (_Sorex veraepacis_) from Guatemala. Special Publication of the International Society of Shrew Biologists 1:63-70.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=MrKLeOYjtV4C&pg=PA63

Original name as described

Sorex veraepacis ibarrai

Type material

CM 113283

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Guatemala, Departamento El Progreso, Municipio San Augustín Acasaguastlan [sic], Reserva Biosfera Sierra de las Minas, Cerro Pinalón, Camino de las Torres, 2700 m; 15°04'54" N, 89°55'59" W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guatemala

Taxonomy notes

recently described as a subspecies of S. veraepacis, but it has recently been split from that species

Taxonomy notes citation

Matson, J. O. & McCarthy, T. J. (2005). A New Subspecies of Verapaz Shrew (Sorex veraepacis) from Guatemala. In J. F. Merritt, S. Churchfield, R. Hutterer & B. I. Sheftel (Eds.), Advances in the Biology of Shrews II. New York: Special Publication of the International Society of Shrew Biologists, 1, 63-70. · 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004245

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 veraepacis ibarrai

Matson & T. J. McCarthy, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ibarrai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 113283

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Special Publication of the International Society of Shrew Biologists

Sorex ibarrai

Matson & Ordóñez-Garza, 2017

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ibarrai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

478

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Matson & Ordóñez-Garza (2017:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29897)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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