Sorex wardi
O. Thomas, 1911
Ward's 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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1911-02-14. Mammals collected in the Provinces of Kan-su and Sze-chwan, western China, by Mr. Malcolm Anderson, for the Duke of Bedford's exploration of eastern Asia. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 90:3-5.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252029Original name as described
Sorex wardi
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.46
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/883f0c7e-9f41-4c6c-8284-08abcb332a8bType locality
"Tau-chow, Kan-su, 9000'," China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Myanmar
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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