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Sorex veraecrucis Jackson 1925

Description

Sorex veraecrucis Jackson 1925

Sorex veraecrucis Jackson 1925, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 38: 128.

Type Locality: [Mexico], "Xico, 6000 ft. [1829 m], Veracruz ".

Vernacular Names: Veracruz Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sorex veraecrucis subsp. veraecrucis Jackson 1925

Subspecies Sorex veraecrucis subsp. cristobalensis Jackson 1925

Subspecies Sorex veraecrucis subsp. oaxacae Jackson 1925

Distribution: Mexico, from Coahuila to Chiapas at elevations ranging from 1600 to 3650 m or more (Carraway, ms).

Discussion: Referred to unnamed subgenus by George (1988:456, under S. saussurei). Previously included in S. saussurei (e.g., Junge and Hoffmann, 1981) but resurrected by Carraway (ms, 2003).

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 299, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Jackson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Soricomorpha
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Sorex
Species
veraecrucis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sorex veraecrucis Jackson, 1925 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • George, S. B. 1988. Systematics, historical biogeography, and evolution of the genus Sorex. Journal of Mammalogy, 69: 443 - 461.
  • Junge, J. A., and R. S. Hoffmann. 1981. An annotated key to the long-tailed shrews (genus Sorex) of the United States and Canada, with notes on Middle American Sorex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 94: 1 - 48.