Sorex tundrensis

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Tundra 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: Sorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1900-03-14. Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition. I. Descriptons of twenty-six new mammals from Alaska and British North America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:13-30.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872020

Original name as described

Sorex tundrensis

Other common names

Holarctic Shrew

Type material

USNM:MAMM:99286

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a5e3e7b6-d49c-4041-9dfd-c7ec4bcb83bf

Type locality

"St. Michaels, Alaska, " USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Canada · China · Kazakhstan · Mongolia · North Korea · Russia · South Korea · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004292

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: 31 names and synonyms.

Sorex tundrensis

C. H. Merriam, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tundrensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:99286

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

St. Michaels, Alaska

Type locality

United States: Alaska: 63°28′20″N, 162°6′5″W.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a5e3e7b6-d49c-4041-9dfd-c7ec4bcb83bf

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872020

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Osgood (1909:32, 58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802639, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14928)
Osgood (1909:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14928)
Jackson (1928:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25804935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16605)
Stroganov (1936:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68951)
Anderson (1947:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)
Rausch (1953:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12604)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Smith & Xie (2008:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41422/115185726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex araneus borealis

Kastschenko, 1905

Family

Soricidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2533

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Северная форма

Type locality

Russia: Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Authority page

85

Authority publication

Tomsk

Name usages

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

Sorex centralis

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Soricidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.4.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Syansk Mts., 100 miles W. of Lake Baikal. Alt. 4000'.

Type locality

Russia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/902d27fc-c401-4add-9a6e-c93f54cd202e

Authority page

758

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617571

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex baikalensis

Ognev, 1913

Family

Soricidae

Root name

baikalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-2711, ZMMU S-2712

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Russia: Zabaykalsky Krai.

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2711 https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2712

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956478

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Ognëv (1913:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36183)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus ultimus

G. M. Allen, 1914

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ultimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:15000

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Nijni Kolymsk, near the mouth of the Kolyma River, northeastern Siberia

Type locality

Russia: Sakha.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:15000

Authority page

51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12808577

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

Allen (1914:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12808577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66393)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex amasari

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

amasari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-2709

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Долина реки Амазара (граница Амурской и Забайкальской областей)

Type locality

Russia: Zabaykalsky Krai.

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-2709

Authority page

316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482935

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex ultimus petschorae

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

petschorae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 8459

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Пвимь-ва, Печорский край

Type locality

Russia: Arkhangelsk Oblast.

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482936

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus schnitnikovi

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

schnitnikovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-39172

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

the neighbourhood of Kopal, the region of Semiretshje

Type locality

Kazakhstan.

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482949

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

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

Sorex sibiriensis

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sibiriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 6527

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Village Koltchagino, Kuznetsky district, governement of Tomsk

Type locality

Russia: Kemerovo Oblast.

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482947

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

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

Sorex amazari:

Ognev, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

amazari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

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