Sorex sclateri

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Sclater'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. 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/2263416

Original name as described

Sorex sclateri

Type material

USNM:MAMM:75872

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34231f0e7-7df4-4f85-a8aa-50d61b06f28d

Type locality

"Tumbala, Chiapas, Mexico (alt., 5000 ft. [= 1524 m])." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 17.3°N, longitude 92.32°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004284

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 sclateri

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sclateri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:75872

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34231f0e7-7df4-4f85-a8aa-50d61b06f28d

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263416

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. Matson & Ordóñez-Garza (2017:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29897)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20394/22316927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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