Sorex merriami

Dobson, 1890

Merriam'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1890-05. A monograph of the Insectivora, systematic and anatomical. Part III, Fasc. I. Gurney and Jackson, London, Pl. XXIII–Pl. XXVIII pp.

Authority publication link

http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001BC1200030000

Original name as described

Sorex merriami

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186441

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393858fc1-e633-4009-98a5-780a19303a57

Type locality

"Fort Custer [=Hardin, Big Horn Co.], Montana."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WA,OR,ID,MT,WY,ND,SD,NE,CA,NV,UT,CO,AZ,NM)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004258

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 leucogenys

Osgood, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

leucogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:157952

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37fb6f1c2-483c-428d-b49d-cf9c6f556dff

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329961

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Sorex merriami

Dobson, 1890

Family

Soricidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186441

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393858fc1-e633-4009-98a5-780a19303a57

Authority page

pl. 23 (fig. 6, legend)

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Bailey (1936:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41403/115184201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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