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/45540217

Original 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-4473-93b3-2d42c8552db5

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004296

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 obscurus ventralis

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ventralis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:68342

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c39937e3-659d-4473-93b3-2d42c8552db5

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540217

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Merriam (1895:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14562)

Sorex ventralis

H. H. T. Jackson, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ventralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805023

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

  1. Jackson (1928:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25805023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (1993:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Carraway (2007:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3397)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41426/22315839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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