Sorex macrodon

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Mexican Large-toothed 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1895-12-31. Synopsis of the American shrews of the genus Sorex. North American Fauna 10:57-125.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540277

Original name as described

Sorex macrodon

Type material

USNM:MAMM:58272

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/347efe590-9976-40ab-be5e-573b4a82bfbc

Type locality

"Orizaba, Vera Cruz, Mexico (altitude, 4,200 feet [= 1280 m])." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 18.85°N, longitude 97.08°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004253

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 macrodon

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macrodon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:58272

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/347efe590-9976-40ab-be5e-573b4a82bfbc

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540277

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20392) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20392/22314529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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