Nagasorex albidens
Hutterer, Swanson, Esselstyn, & Heaney, 2025
Nagaland Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Superfamily | : Soricoidea |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Myosoricinae |
| Genus | : Nagasorex |
Species status
Authority citation
Hutterer, R., Swanson, M.T., Esselstyn, J.A. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-06-18. The shrew of Nagaland: A remarkable new genus and species from Northeast India, with a discussion of the phylogeny and classification of the Soricidae (Mammalia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 474:1-69.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090.474.1.1Original name as described
Nagasorex albidens
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:76197
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Jakhama (see appendix 2 for notes on type locality), Naga Hills, Nagaland, northeastern India."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India
Taxonomy notes
recently described genus and species; tentatively placed in the subfamily Myosoricinae, although the subfamilial afilities of this genus are not well resolved
Taxonomy notes citation
Hutterer, R., Swanson, M.T., Esselstyn, J.A. and Heaney, L.R. 2025-06-18. The shrew of Nagaland: A remarkable new genus and species from Northeast India, with a discussion of the phylogeny and classification of the Soricidae (Mammalia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 474:1-69.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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