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Megasorex gigas
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Description
Megasorex gigas (Merriam, 1897). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11:227.
TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico, Jalisco, near San Sebastian, Mtns, near Milpillas.
DISTRIBUTION: Nayarit to Oaxaca (Mexico).
COMMENT: Formerly included in Notiosorex; see Repenning, 1967:56 and review by Armstrong and Jones, 1972, Mamm. Species, 16: 12, who considered Megasorex a distinct genus; see also Hall, 1981:65-66, who included gigas in Notiosorex without comment.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301403007013002001 as Notiosorex gigas.
Notes
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Insectivora, pp. 58-106 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 87, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353001
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353001 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/9A78FFF8FF8AB91D7A29FF99FFC8FFCC (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/66418780FF97B9007AF0FD0EFB5DFC2C (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/205123291 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/193504/taxon/66418780FF97B9007AF0FD0EFB5DFC2C.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Merriam
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Insectivora
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Megasorex
- Species
- gigas
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megasorex gigas (Merriam, 1897) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982
References
- Repenning, C. A. 1967. Subfamilies and genera of the Soricidae. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 565: 1 - 74.
- 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.