Sorex Linnaeus 1758
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Sorex Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:53.
TYPE SPECIES: Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758.
SYNONYMS: Amphisorex, Atophyrax, Corsira, Eurosorex, Homalurus, Microsorex, Musaraneus, Neosorex, Ognevia, Otisorex, Oxyrhin, Soricidus, Stroganovia.
COMMENTS: Type genus of Soricidae. The systematic relationships of a large number of Holarctic species were studied by George (1988); her proposals for subgeneric allocation are mainly followed here. Keys and/or reviews are available for the species of various geographical areas: Canada (van Zyll de Jong, 1983a); North and Middle America (Junge and Hoffmann, 1981; Carraway, 1990); China (Hoffmann, 1987); Siberia (Yudin, 1989); and Europe (Niethammer and Krapp, 1990). Microsorex was formerly regarded as a full genus, then reduced to a subgenus of Sorex by Diersing (1980b), and is now regarded as a synonym of subgenus Otisorex (see George, 1988). The subgenus Amphisorex (type species Sorex hermanni Duvernoy, 1834) was alternatively listed under Sorex and Neomys by Miller (1912a), Ellermann and Morrison-Scott (1951), and Corbet (1978c). Miller (1912a) stated that the type of Sorex hermanni consisted of a skin of Sorex araneus and a skull of Neomys fodiens. To avoid further confusion, I herewith designate the skin of Sorex hermanni Duvernoy, 1834 as the lectotype, thus making hermanni a synonym of araneus, and Amphisorex a synonym of Sorex. Besides subgenera a number of species groups have been distinguished such as the araneus-arcticus group (Meylan and Hausser, 1973; Hausser et al., 1985), the cinereus group (van Zyll de Jong, 19916), and the vagrans group (Carraway, 1990), the boundaries and contents of which are still highly controversial. Old World species of Sorex were reviewed by Dannelid (19916) who provided a phylogenetic hypothesis of relationships.
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- Cites
- Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.3914882 (DOI)
- Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/45C3CB94575E4AA78E1CF69293B92FED (URL)
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353085 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE95D6BFFF0CF6B1249FFB9D255D37F (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Sorex
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Insectivora
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sorex Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Hutterer, 1993
References
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
- George, S. B. 1988. Systematics, historical biogeography, and evolution of the genus Sorex. Journal of Mammalogy, 69: 443 - 461.
- van Zyll de Jong, C. G. 1983 a. Handbook of Canadian mammals. Part I. Marsupials and insectivores. National Museum of Natural Sciences (Ottawa), 210 pp.
- 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.
- Carraway, L. N. 1990. A morphologic and morphometric analysis of the " Sorex vagrans species complex " in the Pacific coast region. Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University, 32: 1 - 76.
- Hoffmann, R. S. 1987. A review of the systematics and distribution of Chinese red-toothed shrews (Mammalia: Soricinae). Acta Theriologica Sinica, 7: 100 - 139.
- Yudin, B. S. 1989. Nasekomoyadnye mlekopitayushchie Sibiri [Insectivorous mammals of Siberia]. Nauka, Sibirskoe Otdelenie, Novosibirsk, 360 pp. (in Russian).
- Niethammer, J., and F. Krapp, (eds.). 1990. Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas, 3 / I. Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 524 pp.
- Diersing, V. A. 1980 b. Systematics and evolution of the pygmy shrews (subgenus Microsorex) of North America. Journal of Mammalogy, 61: 76 - 101.
- Miller, G. S., Jr. 1912 a. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London, 1019 pp.
- Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
- Meylan, A., and J. Hausser. 1973. Les chromosomes des Sorex du groupe araneus-arcticus (Mammalia, Insectivora). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 38: 143 - 158.
- Hausser, J., F. Catzeflis, A. Meylan, and P. Vogel. 1985. Speciation in the Sorex araneus complex (Mammalia: Insectivora). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 170: 125 - 130.