Sorex planiceps

G. S. Miller, 1911

Kashmir Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Soricini
Genus : Sorex
Subgenus : Sorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1911-11-28. Two new shrews from Kashmir. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24:241-242.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779585

Original name as described

Sorex planiceps

Other common names

Kashmir Pygmy Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:173915

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fadbba2e-595b-475a-9448-28d78928dc5a

Type locality

"Dachin, Khistwar, Kashmir (altitude, 9000 feet [= 2743 m])."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004273

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 planiceps

G. S. Miller, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

planiceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:173915

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fadbba2e-595b-475a-9448-28d78928dc5a

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779585

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41411/22317857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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