Sorex merriami

Dobson, 1890

Merriam's Shrew

Formerly Soricomorpha.
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Location:USA, AZ, Apache co., AlpineDate taken:28 July 2020Description:Formerly Soricomorpha.

Distribution :

Xeric habitats in EC Washington to N and E California, Arizona, north-eastward to Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana (USA).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6372

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Suborder: Erinaceota
Superfamily: Soricoidea
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Subgenus: incertae sedis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1890-05. A monograph of the Insectivora, systematic and anatomical. Part III, Fasc. I. Gurney and Jackson, London, Pl. XXIII–Pl. XXVIII pp.

Authority publication link

http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001BC1200030000

Original name as described

Sorex merriami

Type material

USNM:MAMM:186441

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393858fc1-e633-4009-98a5-780a19303a57

Type locality

"Fort Custer [=Hardin, Big Horn Co.], Montana."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004258

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: 3 names and synonyms.

Sorex merriami

Dobson, 1890

Family

Soricidae

Root name

merriami

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:186441

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Fort Custer, Montana

Type locality

United States: Montana: Big Horn County, Montana.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393858fc1-e633-4009-98a5-780a19303a57

Authority page

pl. 23 (fig. 6, legend)

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Merriam (1895:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14562)
Trouessart (1904:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Jackson (1928:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
Bailey (1936:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
Lange (1960:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)
Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785989) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41403/115184201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex leucogenys

Osgood, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

leucogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:157952

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

United States: Utah: Beaver County, Utah.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37fb6f1c2-483c-428d-b49d-cf9c6f556dff

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3329961

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Jackson (1928:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
Benson (1935:446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69523)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex merriami leucogenys:

Lange, 1960

Family

Soricidae

Root name

leucogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

455

Authority publication

The American Midland Naturalist

Name usages

Lange (1960:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66898)

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