Episoriculus soluensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Nectogalini
Genus: Episoriculus
Species: Episoriculus soluensis

Name

Episoriculus soluensis (Gruber, 1969)

• Holotype:
• Type locality: “Ringmo, Solu Province [Solukhumbu District], eastern Nepal”.

Combinations

• Soriculus caudatus soluensis Gruber, 1969: 309 [Original combination, as subspecies]
• Episoriculus sacratus soluensis: Motokawa, Harada, Mekada & Shrestha, 2008: 184 [subsequent combination]
• Episoriculus soluensis: Motokawa, Wu & Harada, 2009: 796 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Gruber, U. 1969. Tiergeographische, ökologische und bionomische Untersuchungen an kleinen Säugetieren in Ost-Nepal. pp. 197–312 in Hellmich, W. (ed.). Khumbu Himal, Ergebnisse des Forschungsunternehmens Nepal-Himalaya. Band 3, Lieferung 2. Universitatsverlag Wagner: Innsbruck. Reference page. 
• Motokawa, M., Harada, M., Mekada, K. & Shrestha, K.C. 2008. Karyotypes of three shrew species (Soriculus nigrescens, Episoriculus caudatus and Episoriculus sacratus) from Nepal. Integrative Zoology 3(3): 180–185. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2008.00097.x Reference page. 
• Motokawa, M., Wu, Y. & Harada, M. 2009. Karyotypes of six soricomorph species from Emei Shan, Sichuan Province, China. Zoological Science 26(11): 791–797. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.26.791 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Motokawa, M. & Lin, L.K. 2005. Taxonomic status of Soriculus baileyi (Insectivora, Soricidae). Mammal Study 30(2): 117–124. DOI: 10.3106/1348-6160(2005)30[117:TSOSBI]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Abramov, A.V., Bannikova, A.A., Chernetskaya, D.M., Lebedev, V.S. & Rozhnov, V.V. 2017. The first record of Episoriculus umbrinus from Vietnam, with notes on the taxonomic composition of Episoriculus (Mammalia, Soricidae). Russian Journal of Theriology 16(2): 117–128. DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.16.2.01 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Nepalese Brown-toothed Shrew