Soriculus minor

Dobson, 1890

Lesser Large-clawed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Nectogalini
Genus : Soriculus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1890-05. A monograph of the Insectivora, systematic and anatomical. Part III, Fasc. I. Gurney and Jackson, London, Pl. XXIII–Pl. XXVIII pp.

Authority publication link

http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001BC1200030000

Original name as described

Soriculus minor

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:2002.393

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55896bb2-e52d-481a-9396-2c72e6fd82c3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73e1ed15-fa0e-4830-9eaf-99e96974f143

Type locality

Manipur, Assam, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bhutan · India · China · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

split from S. nigrescens

Taxonomy notes citation

Jiang, H., Fu, C., Tang, K., Li, F., Faiz, A. U. H., Guo, K., ... & Chen, S. (2023). Molecular phylogenetics and diversity of the Himalayan shrew (Soriculus nigrescens Gray, 1842)(Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) in Southwest China. Zootaxa, 5263(1), 61-78. · Chen, Z., Pei, X., Hu, J., Song, W., Khanal, L., Li, Q., & Jiang, X. (2023). Multilocus phylogeny and morphological analyses illuminate overlooked diversity of Soriculus (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), with descriptions of two new endemic species from the eastern Himalayas. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad131.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006805

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.

Soriculus radulus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

radulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.12.5.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/46ec603b-ea76-412b-b3fc-157bcf5d8db2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c9b9ecb-0e42-4753-88ab-344a85699174

Authority page

429

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30113003

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Soriculus minor

Dobson, 1890

Family

Soricidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2002.393

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/55896bb2-e52d-481a-9396-2c72e6fd82c3 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73e1ed15-fa0e-4830-9eaf-99e96974f143

Authority page

pl. 24 (fig. 2, legend)

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Soriculus nigrescens minor

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

minor

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 (2018:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Soriculus nigrescens yunnanensis

Wang Yingxiang, 2003

Family

Soricidae

Root name

yunnanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Beijing

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