Sorex unguiculatus

Dobson, 1890

Long-clawed 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

Dobson, G.E. 1890-02-01. Description of a new species of Sorex from Saghalien Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)5(26):155-156.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523753

Original name as described

Sorex unguiculatus

Type material

ZIN S. 2387

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Saghalien Island [= Sakhalin Island]; Nikolajewsk, at the mouth of the Amur River," Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Russia · Japan · North Korea?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004294

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 daphaenodon yesoensis

Kishida, 1924

Family

Soricidae

Root name

yesoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Kishida (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

81

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Sorex unguiculatus

Dobson, 1890

Family

Soricidae

Root name

unguiculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2387

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523753

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41424/115186003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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