Sorex saussurei

C. H. Merriam, 1892

Saussure'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1892-09-29. Descriptions of nine new mammals collected by E. W. Nelson in the states of Colima and Jalisco, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 7:164-174.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2259775

Original name as described

Sorex saussurei

Type material

USNM:MAMM:33667 (= USNM:MAMM:A45702)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3863eda88-7e82-4b2c-b36a-b66f301dbf30

Type locality

"Sierra de Colima, Jalisco, Mexico (altitude 8,000 feet [= 2438 m])," but the type specimen tag has "Sierra Nevado, Jalisco." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 19.55°N, longitude 103.63°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. salvini and populations now attributed to S. mediopua

Taxonomy notes citation

Carraway, L. N. (2007). Shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) of Mexico. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, 3, 1-91. · 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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004283

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 saussurei

C. H. Merriam, 1892

Family

Soricidae

Root name

saussurei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:33667 (= USNM:MAMM:A45702)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3863eda88-7e82-4b2c-b36a-b66f301dbf30

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2259775

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. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41416/22317311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex saussurei saussurei

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

saussurei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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