Sorex veraecrucis

H. H. T. Jackson, 1925

Veracruz 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

Jackson, H.H.T. 1925-11-13. Preliminary descriptions of seven shrews of the genus Sorex. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38:127-130.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557694

Original name as described

Sorex saussurei veraecrucis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:55106

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e1ac3c1f-67ea-425e-a117-c84e0c64b660

Type locality

"Xico, altitude 6,000 feet [= 1829 m], State of Vera Cruz, Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 19.42°N, longitude 97.0°W."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. altoensis and cristobalensis (tentatively considered a synonym of S. salvini)

Taxonomy notes citation

Carraway, L. N. (2007). Shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) of Mexico. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, 3, 1-91. · Woodman, N. (2018). American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, solenodons, moles, and shrews in the New World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 650, 1-107.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004297

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 saussurei veraecrucis

H. H. T. Jackson, 1925

Family

Soricidae

Root name

veraecrucis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:55106

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e1ac3c1f-67ea-425e-a117-c84e0c64b660

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557694

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Sorex veraecrucis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

veraecrucis

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 #136811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136811/22319172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex veraecrucis veraecrucis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

veraecrucis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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