Sorex volnuchini

Ognev, 1922

Caucasian Pygmy 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

Ognev, S.I. 1922-04. Contribution à la classification des mammifères insectivores de la Russie. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie 22(4):311-350.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482941

Original name as described

Sorex minutus volnuchini

Other common names

Volnuchin's Shrew

Type material

ZIN S. 8586

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kisha River, Adygea Republic (north-eastern Caucasus), Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iran

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004299

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 minutus volnuchini

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

volnuchini

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 8586

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482941

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Sorex volnuchini colchica

Sokolov & Tembotov, 1989

Family

Soricidae

Root name

colchicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

373

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Sorex volnuchini

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Soricidae

Root name

volnuchini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

30

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Hutterer (1993:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29670/22315976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex (minutus) dahli

Zagorodnyuk, 1996

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dahli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NNPM 10481

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Vestnik zoologii

Sorex volnuchini dahli

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dahli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sorex volnuchini volnuchini

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

volnuchini

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 (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex volnuchini colchicus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

colchicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

404

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

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