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Megasorex gigas
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Megasorex gigas (Merriam 1897)
[Notiosorex] gigas Merriam 1897, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 227.
Type Locality: Mexico, Jalisco, near San Sebastián, mountains at Milpillas.
Vernacular Names: Mexican Shrew.
Distribution: Nayarit to Oaxaca (Mexico).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Formerly included in Notiosorex (Hall, 1981:65); but Repenning (1967:56) and Armstrong and Jones (1972 a, Mammalian Species No. 16) considered Megasorex a distinct genus; a view supported by George (1986) on the basis of allozyme data.
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)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/939D11D564D5CF874CE8E75D004B5D76 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231545066 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Merriam
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Megasorex
- Species
- gigas
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megasorex gigas (Merriam, 1897) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
- Repenning, C. A. 1967. Subfamilies and genera of the Soricidae. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 565: 1 - 74.
- Armstrong, D. M., and J. K. Jones, Jr. 1972 a. Megasorex gigas. Mammalian Species, 16: 1 - 2.