Sorex milleri

H. H. T. Jackson, 1947

Carmen Mountain 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

Jackson, H.H.T. 1947-10-09. A new shrew (genus Sorex) from Coahuila. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 60:131-132.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34498397

Original name as described

Sorex milleri

Other common names

Miller's Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:274950

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3543390e9-6ad2-4eb0-ab8b-f9547cdc2292

Type locality

"Madera Camp, altitude 8,000 feet [= 2438 m], Carmen Mountains, Coahuila, Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 29.0°N, longitude 102.34°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004259

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 milleri

H. H. T. Jackson, 1947

Family

Soricidae

Root name

milleri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:274950

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3543390e9-6ad2-4eb0-ab8b-f9547cdc2292

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34498397

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

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 #20397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20397/22316066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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