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Sorex (Otisorex) dispar Batchelder 1911

Description

Sorex (Otisorex) dispar Batchelder 1911

Sorex (Otisorex) dispar Batchelder 1911, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 24: 97.

Type Locality: USA, "Beede's (sometimes called Keene Heights), in the township of Keene, Essex county, New York ". Redescribed by Martin (1966:131) as 0.6 mi. (1 km) S, 0.5 mi. (0.8 km) E St. Huberts, Essex Co., New York, lat. 44°09', long. 73°46'.

Vernacular Names: Long-tailed Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) dispar subsp. dispar Batchelder 1911

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) dispar subsp. blitchi Schwartz 1956

Distribution: Appalachian Mtns from W Virginia to N Carolina and Tenessee; New England, S New Brunswick and adjacent Nova Scotia (Canada).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex. For comparison with gaspensis see Kirkland and Van Deusen (1979). Reviewed by Kirkland (1981, Mammalian Species No. 155).

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 287, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Soricidae
Genus
Sorex
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Soricomorpha
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Batchelder
Species
dispar
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sorex (Otisorex) dispar Batchelder, 1911 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Martin, R. L. 1966. Redescription of the type locality of Sorex dispar. Journal of Mammalogy, 47 (1): 130 - 131.
  • Kirkland, G. L., Jr., and H. M. Van Deusen. 1979. The shrews of the Sorex dispar group: Sorex dispar Batchelder and Sorex gaspensis Anthony and Goodwin. American Museum Novitates, 2675: 1 - 21.
  • Kirkland, G. L., Jr. 1981. Sorex dispar and Sorex gaspensis. Mammalian Species, 155: 1 - 4.