Sorex salvini

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Salvin's Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1897-07-15. Descriptions of five new shrews from Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11:227-230.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263417

Original name as described

Sorex salvini

Type material

USNM:MAMM:77035

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ff13c61a-90d7-4283-8a34-cf73139fc8b4

Type locality

"Calel, Totonicapan [sic], Guatemala (alt., 10200 ft. = 3100 meters)."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala

Taxonomy notes

split from S. saussurei; tentatively includes cristobalensis based on low sequence divergence, but its taxonomic status requires further investigation

Taxonomy notes citation

Matson, J. O., & Ordóñez-Garza, N. (2017). The taxonomic status of Long-tailed shrews (Mammalia: genus Sorex) from Nuclear Central America. Zootaxa, 4236(3), 461-483. · 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/1004280

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 godmani

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Soricidae

Root name

godmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:77044

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/374788e0a-791e-481e-833f-745ec8060fd5

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263417

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Sorex salvini

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Soricidae

Root name

salvini

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:77035

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ff13c61a-90d7-4283-8a34-cf73139fc8b4

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263417

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Matson & Ordóñez-Garza (2017:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29897)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Sorex saussurei cristobalensis

H. H. T. Jackson, 1925

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cristobalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:75883

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/355244d56-4909-4655-84ee-73631cce90a4

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557695

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Jackson (1928:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)

Sorex saussurei oaxacae

H. H. T. Jackson, 1925

Family

Soricidae

Root name

oaxacae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:71467

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f870fcb7-fc37-46cc-a284-27d6486da73b

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557694

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Jackson (1928:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)

Sorex saussurei godmani

H. H. T. Jackson, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

godmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805021

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Jackson (1928:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex saussurei salvini

H. H. T. Jackson, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

salvini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805022

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Jackson (1928:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)

Sorex veraecrucis cristobalensis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cristobalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Carraway (2007:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)

Sorex veraecrucis oaxacae

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

oaxacae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Carraway (2007:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex cristobalensis

Matson & Ordóñez-Garza, 2017

Family

Soricidae

Root name

cristobalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

475

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Matson & Ordóñez-Garza (2017:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29897)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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