Sorex pacificus
Coues, 1877
Pacific 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
Coues, E. 1877-05-15. Precursory notes on American insectivorous mammals, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3(3):631-653.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31646356Original name as described
Sorex pacificus
Type material
USNM:MAMM:3266
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34f366ed6-480c-4469-8c60-1aa6cb3ac324Type locality
"Fort Umpqua [mouth of Umpqua River, Douglas Co.], Oregon," USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Canada · United States
Subregion distribution
USA(AK,OR,WA)
Taxonomy notes
includes bairdi and populations in west Canada and Alaska that were previously attributed to S. monticola (now S. obscurus in the north)
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
Least Concern
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