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Megasorex Hibbard 1950
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Megasorex Hibbard 1950
Megasorex Hibbard 1950, Contrib. Mus. Paleontol. Univ. Michigan, 8: 129.
Type Species: Notiosorex gigas Merriam 1897
Species and subspecies: 1 species:
Species Megasorex gigas (Merriam 1897)
Discussion: Repenning (1967) and George (1986) placed the genus in Neomyini, but see Reumer (1998).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, pp. 220-311 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 280, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BFF703DCC4E4C98D20FE0AB477F0FE06 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/925BEE8FB83CB1C615360829B66D5B04 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231545065 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Hibbard
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Megasorex
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megasorex Hibbard, 1950 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.
- Repenning, C. A. 1967. Subfamilies and genera of the Soricidae. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 565: 1 - 74.
- Reumer, J. W. F. 1998. A classification of the fossil and recent shrews. Pp. 5 - 22, in Evolution of shrews (J. M. Wojcik and M. Wolsan, eds.). Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bialowieza, 458 pp.