Sorex orizabae

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Orizaba Long-tailed 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

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/45540213

Original name as described

Sorex orizabæ

Other common names

Orizaba Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:53633

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fdf8f6ee-16e7-4028-975a-bce9abde2aa0

Type locality

"Mount Orizaba, State of Puebla, Mexico (altitude, 9,500 feet [= 2896 m])." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 19.02°N, longitude 97.27°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004269

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 orizabæ

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

orizabae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:53633

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fdf8f6ee-16e7-4028-975a-bce9abde2aa0

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540213

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Merriam (1895:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14562)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Carraway (2007:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136698/22319432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex vagrans orizabae

H. H. T. Jackson, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

orizabae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804976

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Jackson (1928:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
  2. Findley (1955:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2978133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3289)

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