Soriculus nivatus
Chen Zhongzheng & Jiang Xuelong in Chen Zhongzheng, Pei Xiaoxin, Hu Jiangxiao, Song Wenyu, Khanal, Li Quan, & Jiang Xuelong, 2023
Snow Mountain 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
Authority citation
Chen, Z.-z., Pei, X.-x., Hu, J.-x., Song, W.-y., Khanal, L., Li, Q. and Jiang, X.-l. 2023-09-28. 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 (in press).
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad131Original name as described
Soriculus nivatus
Type material
KIZ MT1904951
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"K81 of Motuo Highway (29.742° N, 95.683° E, 3619 m a.s.l.), Damu Town, Medog, south-east Tibet, China."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
recently described
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
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