Sorex tundrensis

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Tundra 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

Merriam, C.H. 1900-03-14. Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. I. Descriptions of twenty-six new mammals from Alaska and British North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:13-30.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872020

Original name as described

Sorex tundrensis

Other common names

Holarctic Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:99286

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a5e3e7b6-d49c-4041-9dfd-c7ec4bcb83bf

Type locality

"St. Michaels, Alaska," USA.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Nearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Kazakhstan · China · Mongolia · North Korea · South Korea · United States · Canada

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004292

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 centralis

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/902d27fc-c401-4add-9a6e-c93f54cd202e

Authority page

758

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617571

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sorex araneus ultimus

G. M. Allen, 1914

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ultimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:15000

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:15000

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12808577

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

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

Sorex tundrensis

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tundrensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:99286

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a5e3e7b6-d49c-4041-9dfd-c7ec4bcb83bf

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872020

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41422/115185726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex araneus borealis

Kastschenko, 1905

Family

Soricidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2533

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

85

Authority publication

Tomsk

Name usages

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

Sorex arcticus transrypheus

Stroganov, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

transrypheus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 45064

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Труды Биологического Института, Академия Наук СССР, Западно-Сибирский Филиал

Name usages

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

Sorex sibiriensis

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sibiriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 6527

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482947

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

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

Sorex ultimus petschorae

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

petschorae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 8459

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482936

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

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

Sorex tundrensis ussuriensis

Okhotina, 1983

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ussuriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZIN T-11426

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

416

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

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

Sorex tundrensis stroganovi

Okhotina, 1984

Family

Soricidae

Root name

stroganovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

ZIN T-11426

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Moscow

Sorex tundrensis stroganovi

Yudin, 1989

Family

Soricidae

Root name

stroganovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZIN T-11426

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

262

Authority publication

Novosibirsk

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex tundrensis khankae

G. I. Baranova & M. V. Zaitsev, 2003

Family

Soricidae

Root name

khankae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZIN T-11426

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

403

Authority publication

Zoosystematica Rossica

Name usages

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

Sorex arcticus parvicaudatus

Okhotina, 1976

Family

Soricidae

Root name

parvicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-100902

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-100902

Authority page

590; рис. 1

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

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

Sorex ultimus middendorfii

Ognev, 1933

Family

Soricidae

Root name

middendorfii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-13394

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-13394

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Сборник научно-исследовательского института зоологии Московского государственного института

Name usages

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

Sorex jenissejensis

Dukel'skaya, 1930

Family

Soricidae

Root name

jenissejensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-13452

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-13452

Authority page

77

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Sorex amasari

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

amasari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-2709

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2709

Authority page

316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482935

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

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

Sorex baikalensis

Ognev, 1913

Family

Soricidae

Root name

baikalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-2711, ZMMU S-2712

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2711 https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2712

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956478

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Sorex ultimus middendorfii natio irkutensis

Ognev, 1933

Family

Soricidae

Root name

irkutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type

ZMMU S-38120

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-38120

Authority page

60

Authority publication

Сборник научно-исследовательского института зоологии Московского государственного института

Name usages

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

Sorex araneus schnitnikovi

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

schnitnikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-39172

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482949

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

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

Sorex ultimus Midendorfii

Ognev, 1933

Family

Soricidae

Root name

midendorfii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectoriginalspelling

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Сборник научно-исследовательского института зоологии Московского государственного института

Sorex tundrensis baikalensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

baikalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex tundrensis borealis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex tundrensis parvicaudatus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

parvicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex tundrensis petschorae

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

petschorae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex tundrensis schnitnikovi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

schnitnikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex tundrensis sibiriensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sibiriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex tundrensis transrypheus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

transrypheus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex tundrensis tundrensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tundrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex amazari

Ognev, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

amazari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Sorex jenissejensis margarita

Fetisov, 1950

Family

Soricidae

Root name

margarita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Izv. Bio-geogr. n.-i. in-ta, Irkutsk

Name usages

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

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