Episoriculus leucops

(Horsfield, 1855)

Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Horsfield, T. 1855-08-01. Brief notices of several new or little-known species of mammalia, lately discovered and collected in Nepal, by Brian Houghton Hodgson, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)16(92):101-114.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661022

Original name as described

Sorex leucops

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.483

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c1ac10eb-6270-40d3-aa72-d346a8e03f0b

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Nepal

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. baileyi

Taxonomy notes citation

Motokawa, M. and Lin, L.-K. 2005. Taxonomic status of Soriculus baileyi (Insectivora, Soricidae). Mammal Study 30(2):117-124. doi:10.3106/1348-6160(2005)30[117:TSOSBI]2.0.CO;2

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004195

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Sorex leucops

Horsfield, 1855

Family

Soricidae

Root name

leucops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.483

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Since Mr. Hodgson's return to India in 1847, various new and interesting species of Mammalia have been discovered by him in Nepal, Darjeling, Tibet, and other parts of India near the Himalayan range

Type locality

Nepal.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c1ac10eb-6270-40d3-aa72-d346a8e03f0b

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661022

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Horsfield (1857:399, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Jerdon (1867:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Sorex nivicola

J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nivicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

8

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Soriculus leucops:

H. E. Anthony, 1941

Family

Soricidae

Root name

leucops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771915

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Anthony (1941:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16202)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Pen, Kao, Lu, Feng & Chen (1962:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66053)
Corbet & Hill (1980:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)

Soriculus gruberi

Weigel, 1969

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gruberi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 555

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Nordost-Nepal, Landschaft Solu, südl. d. Mt. Everest (Junbesi 2670 m, Ringmo 2700 m, Pike 3700 m).

Type locality

Nepal.

Authority page

170

Authority publication

Khumbu Himal

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Episoriculus leucops:

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

leucops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Smith & Xie (2008:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41432/115186422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
Liu, Wang, Wan, Liao, Chen, Liu & Yue (2025:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68820)

Episoriculus leucops leucops:

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

leucops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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