Soriculus dexingensis
Zhang Tao, Liu Shaoying, & Chen Shunde in Zhang Tao, Yang Siyu, Jiang Haijun, L. Gu, Zou, Fu Changkun, Guo Keji, Zhang Tong, Liu Shaoying, & Chen Shunde, 2025
Dexing Large-clawed Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Superfamily | : Soricoidea |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Nectogalini |
| Genus | : Soriculus |
Species status
Authority citation
Zhang, T., Yang, S.-y., Jiang, H.-j., Gu, L., Zou, Q., Fu, C.-k., Guo, K.-j., Zhang, T., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2025-12-04. A new species of the genus Soriculus (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from Medog, Tibet, China, based on morphological and molecular data. ZooKeys 1262:175-189.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1262.164459Original name as described
Soriculus dexingensis
Type material
SAF 11216
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Dexing Town, Medog County, Tibet, China (29.41778°N, 95.05969°E, 2100 m a.s.l.)."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Zhang, T., Yang, S.-y., Jiang, H.-j., Gu, L., Zou, Q., Fu, C.-k., Guo, K.-j., Zhang, T., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2025. A new species of the genus Soriculus (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from Medog, Tibet, China, based on morphological and molecular data. ZooKeys 1262:175-189. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1262.164459
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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