Soriculus beibengensis

Pei Xiaoxin, Chen Zhongzheng, Li Quan, X. Li, C. Pu, Luo Kang, Luo Jing, Pu Mingjin, H. Wang, Khanal, & Jiang Xuelong, 2024

Beibeng 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

Pei, X.-x., Chen, Z.-z., Li, Q., Li, X., Pu, C., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-j., Wang, H., Khanal, L. and Jiang, X.-l. 2024-03-14. A new species of the genus Soriculus (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from Medog in the eastern Himalaya. ZooKeys 1195:139-155.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1195.115699

Original name as described

Soriculus beibengensis

Type material

KIZ 042755

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Beibeng Town, Medog County, southeast Tibet, China (29.219°N, 95.189°E, 1610 m a.s.l.)."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Pei, X., Chen, Z., Li, Q., Li, X., Pu, C., Luo, K., ... & Jiang, X. (2024). A new species of the genus Soriculus (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from Medog in the eastern Himalaya. ZooKeys, 1195, 139-155.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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