Sorex palustris

J. Richardson, 1828

American Water 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

Richardson, J. 1828-04. Short characters of a few quadrupeds procured on Capt. Franklin's late expedition. Zoological Journal 3(12):516-520.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339594

Original name as described

Sorex palustris

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1842.10.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74c97952-76de-4d48-9c35-8a94489e0469

Type locality

"Marshy places, from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains," Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(ND,SD,MN,WI,MI)

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. albibarbis and S. navigator

Taxonomy notes citation

Hope, A. G., Panter, N., Cook, J. A., Talbot, S. L., & Nagorsen, D. W. (2014). Multilocus phylogeography and systematic revision of North American water shrews (genus: Sorex). Journal of Mammalogy, 95(4), 722-738.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004272

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 palustris

J. Richardson, 1828

Family

Soricidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.10.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74c97952-76de-4d48-9c35-8a94489e0469

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339594

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1836:241, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  2. Bailey (1936:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  3. Orr (1949:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41410/115184897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex palustris hydrobadistes

H. H. T. Jackson, 1926

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hydrobadistes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:229061

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38dc9a6f8-96ab-4029-9b23-e506c2ce84ce

Authority page

57

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Amphisorex palustris

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571010

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1838:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34967)

Crossopus palustris

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Neosorex palustris

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

606

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306400

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:606, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Sorex palustris palustris

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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