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Sorex (Otisorex) leucogaster Kuroda 1933

Description

Sorex (Otisorex) leucogaster Kuroda 1933

Sorex (Otisorex) leucogaster Kuroda 1933, Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan, 3 (3): 155.

Type Locality: Russia, Paramushir Isl; given by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:48) as "Nasauki, Amamu-shiru, 200 ft. [61 m], North Kurile Islands".

Vernacular Names: Paramushir Shrew.

Synonyms: Sorex (Otisorex) beringianus Yudin 1967.

Distribution: Probably confined to Paramushir Isl, south of Kamchatka Peninsula.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex, S. cinereus group (Demboski and Cook, 2003). Karyotype has 2n = 66, FN = 70. Formerly included in cinereus or gracillimus (Corbet, 1978 c); includes beringianus Yudin, 1967. On the status, authorship and valid date of publication see Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Related to jacksoni and ugyunak (van Zyll de Jong, 1982, 1991 b).

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 290, 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
Kuroda
Species
leucogaster
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sorex (Otisorex) leucogaster Kuroda, 1933 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Kuroda, N. 1933. A revision of the genus Pteropus found in the islands of the Riu Kiu Chain, Japan. Journal of Mammalogy, 14: 312 - 316.
  • Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.
  • Demboski, J. R., and J. A. Cook. 2003. Phylogenetic diversification within the Sorex cinereus group (Soricidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 84: 144 - 158.
  • Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
  • Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1987. Sistematika mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Systematics of the mammals of the USSR.]. Moscow University Press, Moscow, 282 pp. (in Russian).
  • van Zyll de Jong, C. G. 1982. Relationships of amphiberingian shrews of the Sorex cinereus group. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 60: 1580 - 1587.
  • van Zyll de Jong, C. G. 1991 b. Speciation of the Sorex cinereus group. Pp. 65 - 73, in The biology of the Soricidae (J. S. Findley and T. L. Yates, eds.). Special Publication, Museum of Southwestern Biology, 1: 1 - 91.