Sorex mccarthyi

Matson & Ordóñez-Garza, 2017

McCarthy'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 Ordóñez-Garza, N. 2017-02-23. The taxonomic status of long-tailed shrews (Mammalia: genus Sorex) from nuclear Central America. Zootaxa 4236(3):461-483.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4236.3.3

Original name as described

Sorex mccarthyi

Type material

CM 119732

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"approximately 11 km SW Gracias, 2560 m, Campamento El Naranjo, Parque Nacional Celaque, Lempira, Honduras, latitude 14° 33' N, longitude 88° 40' W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Honduras

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

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

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