Sorex obscurus

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Northern 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

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1895-12-31. Synopsis of the American shrews of the genus Sorex. North American Fauna 10:57-125.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540214

Original name as described

Sorex obscurus

Other common names

Montane Shrew · Mountain Shrew · Dusky Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:23525 (= USNM:MAMM:A30943)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ee9113c0-9605-4441-b45f-e35dec077ef1

Type locality

"San Francisco Mountain, Arizona. Altitude 3,500 meters (11,500 feet)," Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 33.70°N, longitude 108.96°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,WA,OR,ID,WY,MT,UT?)

Taxonomy notes

split from S. monticolus; populations in coastal west Canada and Alaska are now attributed to S. pacificus

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004267

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 vagrans similis

C. H. Merriam, 1891

Family

Soricidae

Root name

similis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:23525 (= USNM:MAMM:A30943)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ee9113c0-9605-4441-b45f-e35dec077ef1

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25798838

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

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

Sorex obscurus alascensis

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

alascensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:73539

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3be915e89-a554-436d-98cb-a4181af12ebd

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540218

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14562)
  2. Jackson (1928:126, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)

Sorex obscurus

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

USNM:MAMM:23525 (= USNM:MAMM:A30943)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ee9113c0-9605-4441-b45f-e35dec077ef1

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540214

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14562)
  2. Allen (1903:565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15978)
  3. Swarth (1911:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29510874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68774)
  4. Jackson (1928:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
  5. Hall (1934:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  6. Bailey (1936:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  7. Orr (1949:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Sorex glacialis

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

glacialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:97709

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d3dd7247-ea9e-48d2-80b5-4c4bfe3be8f2

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872020

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

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

Sorex alascensis shumaginensis

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

shumaginensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:97993

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bd74da8f-326d-4c16-b02f-d08b9fc6e295

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872022

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Sorex obscurus obscurus

H. H. T. Jackson, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804980

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Jackson (1928:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
  2. Hall (1934:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  3. Bailey (1936:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Sorex obscurus shumaginensis

H. H. T. Jackson, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

shumaginensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804988

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Jackson (1928:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)

Sorex obscurus soperi

R. M. Anderson & A. L. Rand, 1945

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soperi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 18249

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28058502

Authority publication

The Canadian Field-Naturalist

Sorex vagrans alascensis

Findley, 1955

Family

Soricidae

Root name

alascensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978123

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Findley (1955:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3289)

Sorex vagrans longiquus

Findley, 1955

Family

Soricidae

Root name

longiquus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 87332

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978131

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Findley (1955:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3289)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex vagrans obscuroides

Findley, 1955

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscuroides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:30064 (= USNM:MAMM:A42074)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/342c899d5-2cb0-470f-9708-24c0671ca0cd

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978140

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Findley (1955:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3289)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex vagrans obscurus

Findley, 1955

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978125

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Findley (1955:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3289)

Sorex vagrans shumaginensis

Findley, 1955

Family

Soricidae

Root name

shumaginensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978124

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Findley (1955:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3289)

Sorex vagrans soperi

Findley, 1955

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soperi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978130

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Findley (1955:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3289)

Sorex monticolus alascensis

Hennings & R. S. Hoffmann, 1977

Family

Soricidae

Root name

alascensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4488496

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas

Name usages

  1. Hennings & Hoffmann (1977:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4488496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10888)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex monticolus obscurus

Hennings & R. S. Hoffmann, 1977

Family

Soricidae

Root name

obscurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4488496

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas

Name usages

  1. Hennings & Hoffmann (1977:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4488496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10888)
  2. Carraway (1990:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55567504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35613)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex monticolus shumaginensis

Hennings & R. S. Hoffmann, 1977

Family

Soricidae

Root name

shumaginensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4488496

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas

Name usages

  1. Hennings & Hoffmann (1977:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4488496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10888)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex monticolus soperi

Hennings & R. S. Hoffmann, 1977

Family

Soricidae

Root name

soperi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4488496

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas

Name usages

  1. Hennings & Hoffmann (1977:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4488496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10888)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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