Uropsilus soricipes

A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871

Chinese Shrew Mole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Talpidae
Subfamily : Uropsilinae
Genus : Uropsilus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

David, A. 1871. Rapport adressé à MM. les professeurs-administrateurs du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)7(Bulletin):75-100.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607

Original name as described

Uropsilus soricipes

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-581

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-581

Type locality

Moupin (= Baoxing), Sichuan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

includes robustus and qinlingensis, which are nomen nuda recently included in the phylogenetic figures and suppemental material of Hu et al., 2021 (although qinlingensis was also mentioned in the text)

Taxonomy notes citation

Hu, T. L., Xu, Z., Zhang, H., Liu, Y. X., Liao, R., Yang, G. D., ... & Zhang, B. W. (2021). Description of a new species of the genus Uropsilus (Eulipotyphla: Talpidae: Uropsilinae) from the Dabie Mountains, Anhui, Eastern China. Zoological Research, 42(3), 294-299.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004356

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.

Uropsilus soricipes

A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871

Family

Talpidae

Root name

soricipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-581

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1870-581

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. David (1871:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13954607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)
  2. Milne-Edwards (1872:272, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62816)
  3. Thomas (1911:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251991) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  4. Thomas (1912:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14032)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:105, 106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Hutterer (1993:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  9. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  10. Smith & Xie (2008:327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22810/22322040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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