Sorex ventralis
C. H. Merriam, 1895
Chestnut-bellied 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
Merriam, C.H. 1895-12-31. Synopsis of the American shrews of the genus Sorex. North American Fauna 10:57-125.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540217Original name as described
Sorex obscurus ventralis
Other common names
San Felipe Long-tailed Shrew
Type material
USNM:MAMM:68342
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c39937e3-659d-4473-93b3-2d42c8552db5Type locality
"Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca, Mexico (altitude, 10,000 feet [= 3048 m])." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 16.28°N, longitude 97.74°W."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Mexico
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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