Sorex unguiculatus

Dobson, 1890

Long-clawed Shrew

Formerly Soricomorpha.
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Location:Japan, Tokyo, Hino, Tama ZooDate taken:7 May 2018Description:Formerly Soricomorpha.

Distribution :

Pacific coast of Siberia from Vladivostok to the Amur, and the islands of Sakhalin (Russia) and Hokkaido (Japan).

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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

Dobson, G.E. 1890-02-01. Description of a new species of Sorex from Saghalien Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)5(26):155-156.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523753

Original name as described

Sorex unguiculatus

Type material

ZIN S. 2387

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Saghalien Island [= Sakhalin Island]; Nikolajewsk, at the mouth of the Amur River, " Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · Japan · Russia · North Korea?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004294

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Sorex unguiculatus

Dobson, 1890

Family

Soricidae

Root name

unguiculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2387

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Saghalien Island; Nikolajewsk, at the mouth of the Amur River.

Type locality

Russia: Sakhalin Oblast.

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523753

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Kuroda (1933:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68962)
Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
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)
Smith & Xie (2008:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41424/115186003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex daphaenodon yesoensis

Kishida, 1924

Family

Soricidae

Root name

yesoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Kishida (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Japan: Hokkaido.

Authority page

81

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

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