Sorex gomphus

G. M. Allen, 1923

Yunnan Striped 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

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1923-12-28. New Chinese insectivores. American Museum Novitates 100:1-11.

Original name as described

Sorex bedfordiae gomphus

Type material

AMNH M-44320

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mu-cheng, Salween drainage, western Yunnan, 7000 feet altitude," China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from S. bedfordiae

Taxonomy notes citation

Chen, S., Tang, K., Wang, X., Li, F., Fu, C., Liu, Y., ... & Liu, S. (2022). Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitations of the striped-back shrew group (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae): Implications for cryptic diversity, taxonomy and multiple speciation patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 177, 107619.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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