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Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis Merriam 1900

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Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis Merriam 1900

Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis Merriam 1900, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2: 16.

Type Locality: USA, Alaska, St. Michaels.

Vernacular Names: Tundra Shrew.

Synonyms: Sorex (Sorex) amasari Ognev 1922; Sorex (Sorex) amazari Ognev 1928; Sorex (Sorex) baikalensis Ognev 1913; Sorex (Sorex) borealis Kastchenko 1905; Sorex (Sorex) centralis Thomas 1911; Sorex (Sorex) irkutensis Ognev 1933; Sorex (Sorex) jenissejensis Dudelski 1930; Sorex (Sorex) khankae Baranova and Zaitsev 2003; Sorex (Sorex) margarita Fetisov 1950; Sorex (Sorex) middendorfii Ognev 1933; Sorex (Sorex) parvicaudatus Okhotina 1976; Sorex (Sorex) petschorae Ognev 1922; Sorex (Sorex) schnitnikovi Ognev 1922; Sorex (Sorex) sibiriensis Ognev 1922; Sorex (Sorex) transrypheus Stroganov 1956; Sorex (Sorex) ultimus G. Allen 1914; Sorex (Sorex) ussuriensis Okhotina 1983.

Distribution: Sakhalin Isl; Siberia, from the Pechora River to Chukotka, south to the Altai Mtns; Mongolia and NE China; Alaska (USA); Yukon, Northwest Territories (Canada).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex, S. tundrensis group (Fumagalli et al., 1999). Youngman (1975) provided evidence that tundrensis is specifically distinct from arcticus. Palearctic populations formerly referred to arcticus were included in tundrensis by Junge et al. (1983) and Okhotina (1983). Hoffmann (1987) and van Zyll de Jong (1991 b) discussed additional aspects of its taxonomy and distribution. Karyotype variable: 2n = 31-41, FN 56-60 in Siberia, 2n = 32/33, FN = 58 in Yukon, and 2n = 32/33, FN = 62 in C Alaska. Kozlovsky (1976) found irkutensis and sibiriensis to be karyotypically distinct; possibly two sibling species occur throughout the Palearctic range. Meylan and Hausser (1991) described a karyotype from Canada that was identical to some in Siberia.

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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 298, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Merriam
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Soricomorpha
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Sorex
Species
tundrensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis Merriam, 1900 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Ognev, S. I. 1928. Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii: Nasekomoyadnye i letychie myshi [Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia: Insectivora and Chiroptera]. Glavnauka, Moscow, 1: 1 - 631 (in Russian).
  • Baranova, G. I., and M. V. Zaitsev. 2003. A new name for the Ussurian subspecies of the tundra shrew, Sorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900 (Mammalia: Soricidae). Zoosistematica Rossica, 11 [2002]: 403 - 404.
  • Okhotina, M. V. 1983. A taxonomic revision of Sorex arcticus Kerr, 1792 (Soricidae, Insectivora). Zoologeskii Zhurnal, 62: 409 - 417.
  • Fumagalli, L., P. Taberlet, D. T. Stewart, L. Gielly, J. Hausser, and P. Vogel. 1999. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of Sorex shrews (Soricidae: Insectivora) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 11: 222 - 235.
  • Youngman, P. M. 1975. Mammals of the Yukon Territory. National Museum of Natural Sciences (Ottawa), Publications in Zoology, 10: 1 - 192.
  • Junge, J. A., R. S. Hoffmann, and R. W. DeBry. 1983. Relationships within the Holarctic Sorex arcticus-Sorex tundrensis species complex. Acta Theriologica, 28: 339 - 350.
  • Hoffmann, R. S. 1987. A review of the systematics and distribution of Chinese red-toothed shrews (Mammalia: Soricinae). Acta Theriologica Sinica, 7: 100 - 139.
  • 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.
  • Meylan, A., and J. Hausser. 1991. The karyotype of the North American Sorex tundrensis (Mammalia; Insectivora). Pp. 125 - 129, in The cytogenetics of the Sorex araneus group and related topics (J. Hausser, ed.). Memoires de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 19: 1 - 151.