Sorex ugyunak

R. M. Anderson & A. L. Rand, 1945

Barren Ground Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anderson, R.M. and Rand, A.L. 1945. A new shrew from Arctic North America. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 59(2):62-64.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28058519

Original name as described

Sorex cinereus ugyunak

Type material

AMNH M-31365

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-31365

Type locality

"Tuktuk (Tuktuyaktok), northeast side of Mackenzie River delta, south of Toker Point, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States · Canada

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004293

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 cinereus ugyunak

R. M. Anderson & A. L. Rand, 1945

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ugyunak

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-31365

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-31365

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28058519

Authority publication

The Canadian Field-Naturalist

Sorex ugyunak

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ugyunak

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41423/115185865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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