Sorex gracillimus Thomas 1907
Description
Sorex gracillimus Thomas, 1907 —Slender Shrew
Sorex minutus gracillimus Thomas, 1907b p.408; Type locality- Sakhalin, Russia; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.48; Won, 1958 p.450; Jones & Johnson, 1960 p.561; Won, 1967 p.269; Won, 1968 p.59.
Sorex gracillimus: Corbet, 1978 p.19; Yoon, 1992 p.19; Han, 1994 p.45; Won & Smith, 1999 p.10; Han, 2004a p.32.
Range: Sorex gracillimus has its distribution limited to extreme northeastern Korea at Mt. Baekdu (Fig. 12). An alleged collection of this shrew at Mt. Jiri in 1983 found no support from a specimen or official collection of this shrew in South Korea (Han 2004a). Thus, the occurrence of this species in South Korea remains problematic.
Remarks: Additional efforts are necessary to determine the status of this species in North Korea. Previously, S. gracillimus was considered a subspecies of Sorex minutus. The subspecies inhabiting Korea remains doubtful, but is probably S. g. hyojironis, since this subspecies occupies nearby Manchuria.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Sorex
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomas
- Species
- gracillimus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sorex gracillimus Thomas, 1907 sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018
References
- Thomas, O. (1907 a) The Duke of Bedford's Zoological Exploration in Eastern Asia. - IV. List of mammals from Island of Saghalien and Hokkaido. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 77, 404 - 414. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1907. tb 01825. x
- Thomas, O. (1907 b) The Duke of Bedford's Zoological Exploration in Eastern Asia. - V. Second list of mammals from Korea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 77, 462 - 466.
- Ellerman, J. R. & Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. (1951) Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
- Won, P. H. (1958) A hand list of Korean mammals. Bulletin of Kyung-Hee University, 1, 427 - 460.
- Jones Junior, J. K. & Johnson, D. H. (1960) Review of the insectivores of Korea. Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 9, 549 - 578.
- Won, P. H. (1967) Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea. Fol. 7. Mammals. Ministry of Education, Seoul, 663 pp. [in Korean]
- Won, H. K. (1968) The mammals of Korea. Institute of Science Press, Pyeongyang, 408 pp. [in Korean]
- Corbet, G. B. (1978) The mammals of the Palaearctic region: a taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
- Yoon, M. H. (1992) The wildlife of Korea. Daewonsa Publishing Company, Seoul, 142 pp. [in Korean]
- Han, S. H. (1994) The checklist of Mammals in North Korea. Nature Conservation, 86, 44 - 50. [in Korean]
- Won, C. M. & Smith, K. G. (1999) History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula. Mammal Review, 29, 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 2907.1999.00034. x
- Han, S. H. (2004 a) Order Insectivora. In: Won, B. O. (Ed.), The mammals of Korea. Dongbang Media Press, Seoul, pp. 17 - 35. [in Korean]