Sorex mutabilis

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Mutable 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

Merriam, C.H. 1898-12-02. New names for _Spermophilus brevicaudus_, _Canis pallidus_ and _Sorex caudatus_ Merriam. Science (2)8(205):782.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31426962

Original name as described

Sorex saussurei mutabilis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:69600

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f4902885-3e18-4791-b291-38f9f1d1c809

Type locality

"Reyes [= Cerca de Cuicatlán], Oaxaca, Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 17.22°N, longitude 96.83°W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from S. veraepacis

Taxonomy notes citation

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004264

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 saussurei caudatus

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:69600

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f4902885-3e18-4791-b291-38f9f1d1c809

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540279

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14562)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex saussurei mutabilis

C. H. Merriam, 1898

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mutabilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

USNM:MAMM:69600

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f4902885-3e18-4791-b291-38f9f1d1c809

Authority page

782

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31426962

Authority publication

Science

Sorex veraepacis mutabilis

H. H. T. Jackson, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mutabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805014

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Jackson (1928:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Carraway (2007:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)

Sorex mutabilis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mutabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

412

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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