Sorex veraepacis

Alston, 1877

Verapaz Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Alston, E.R. 1877-10. On an undescribed shrew from Central America. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877(3):445-446.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518359

Original name as described

Sorex verae-pacis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.6.13.8

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b1725867-22dc-4f59-9cc2-0bd003b5c861

Type locality

"Coban (Vera Paz [= Alta Verapaz Department]), Guatemala."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guatemala

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. chiapensis, S. mutabilis, and S. ibarrai

Taxonomy notes citation

Matson, J. O., & Ordóñez-Garza, N. (2017). The taxonomic status of Long-tailed shrews (Mammalia: genus Sorex) from Nuclear Central America. Zootaxa, 4236(3), 461-483. · 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/1004298

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 verae-pacis

Alston, 1877

Family

Soricidae

Root name

veraepacis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.6.13.8

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b1725867-22dc-4f59-9cc2-0bd003b5c861

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518359

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. True (1885:606, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  5. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  6. Matson & Ordóñez-Garza (2017:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29897)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41427/22315421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex veraepacis veraepacis

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

veraepacis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Corsira Temlyas

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

temlyas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680057

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Corsira teculyas

(Alston, 1877)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

teculyas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

445

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518359

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

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