Sorex stizodon

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Pale-toothed 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. 1895-12-31. Synopsis of the American shrews of the genus Sorex. North American Fauna 10:57-125.

Original name as described

Sorex stizodon

Type material

USNM:MAMM:75885

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 16.75°N, longitude 92.63°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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