Sorex jacksoni

E. R. Hall & Gilmore, 1932

Saint Lawrence Island 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

Hall, E.R. and Gilmore, R.M. 1932-09-17. New mammals from St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. University of California Publications in Zoology 38(9):391-404.

Original name as described

Sorex jacksoni

Other common names

Saint Lawrence Shrew

Type material

MVZ:Mamm:51142a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:51142

Type locality

"Sevoonga, 2 miles [= 3.2 km] east of North Cape, St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004248

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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 jacksoni

E. R. Hall & Gilmore, 1932

Family

Soricidae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:51142a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:51142

Authority page

392

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:93, 94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20390) (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 #20390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20390/22314744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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