Blarina brevicauda

(Say in James, 1823)

Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Formerly Soricomorpha. Also as Giant Mole Shrew.
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Location:USA, MA, Middlesex co., WestonDate taken:May 9, 2004

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Superfamily : Soricoidea
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Blarinini
Genus : Blarina

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

James, E. 1823. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Vol. I. H. C. Carey and I. Lea, Philadelphia, 503 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216588

Original name as described

Sorex brevicaudus

Other common names

Giant Mole Shrew

Type material

FHSM 37241

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"Engineer cantonment ... west bank of the Missouri [River], about half a mile [= 0.8 km] above Fort Lisa, five miles [= 8 km] below Council Bluff, and three miles above the mouth of Boyer's River, " Nebraska, USA. Restricted by J. K. Jones, Jr. in 1964 to "Washington County, Nebraska, about five miles [= 8 km] north of the Douglas-Washington county line at a place approximately two miles [= 3.2 km] east of the present village of Ft. Calhoun."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, TN, KY, OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, AR, OK, KS, CO, WY, NE, ND, SD, MT)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004120

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.

Total: 44 names and synonyms.

Sorex niger

(Ord, 1815)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

291

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40043565

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Sorex brevicaudus

(Say in James, 1823)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FHSM 37241

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40216588

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Godman (1826:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
  3. Fischer (1829:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. De Kay (1842:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)

Sorex brevicaudatus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

brevicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207589

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1836:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  3. Blainville (1838:740, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68639)
  4. Chenu (1852:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14470752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69491)

Sorex talpoides

(Gapper, 1830)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ROM:MAM:21641

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-21641

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380874

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

  1. Gapper (1830:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68621)
  2. Lesson (1836:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  3. Giebel (1855:901, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Sorex dekayi

(Bachman, 1837)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dekayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

377

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24677051

Authority publication

Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. De Kay (1842:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Corsira (Blarina) talpoides

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571009

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1838:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34967)

Sorex concolor

(De Kay, 1842)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003473

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

De Kay (1842:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)

Blarina brevicaudata

Lesson, 1842

Family

Soricidae

Root name

brevicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Galemys micrurus

(A. Pomel, 1848)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

micrura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles

Name usages

  1. Pomel (1848:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39411)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Blarina angusticeps

S. F. Baird, 1857

Family

Soricidae

Root name

angusticeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:1318 (= USNM:MAMM:A2120)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d676b3e0-5608-4818-a89f-2bc132a3081d

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487599

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Baird (1857:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20633)
  2. Murray (1866:344, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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