Sorex mutabilis
C. H. Merriam, 1898
Mutable Shrew
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
Authority citation
Merriam, C.H. 1898-12-02. New names for Spermophilus brevicaudus, Canis pallidus and Sorex caudatus Merriam. Science (2)8(205):782.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Sorex saussurei mutabilis
Type material
USNM:MAMM:69600
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Reyes [= Cerca de Cuicatlán], Oaxaca, Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 17.22°N, longitude 96.83°W."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
split from S. veraepacis
Taxonomy notes citation
Woodman, N. 2018. American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 650:1-107. a#43539
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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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: 4 names and synonyms.
Publications
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