Sorex monticolus
C. H. Merriam, 1890
Southern Montane 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
Authority citation
Merriam, C.H. 1890-09-11. Annotated list of mammals of the San Francisco mountain plateau and desert of the Little Colorado in Arizona, with notes on their vertical distribution, and descriptions of new species. North American Fauna 3:43-86.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25799616Original name as described
Sorex monticolus
Type material
USNM:MAMM:17599 (= USNM:MAMM:A24535)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b17c89cd-49ff-4e3a-a752-52b8e8b2e477Type locality
San Francisco Mt, 3500 m, Coconino County, Arizona, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States · Mexico
Subregion distribution
USA(CA,UT,WY,NV,CO,AZ,NM)
Taxonomy notes
the spelling is considered to end in -us here rather than -a since the specific epithet is an invariable noun, and although some authors view the original spelling as an error later correct to -a, but this emendation is only justified for names in pravailing use, which is not the case here (the -a spelling is much less common than the -us spelling); includes neomexicanus and previously included S. obscurus
Taxonomy notes citation
Demboski, J. R., & Cook, J. A. (2001). Phylogeography of the dusky shrew, Sorex monticolus (Insectivora, Soricidae): insight into deep and shallow history in northwestern North America. Molecular Ecology, 10(5), 1227-1240. · Woodman, N. (2018). American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, solenodons, moles, and shrews in the New World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 650, 1-107.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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