Sorex altoensis

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: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Species: Sorex altoensis

Name

Sorex altoensis Carraway, 2007

• Holotype: KU 107135, subadult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Percy L. Clifton on 8 July 1966.
• Type locality: “Volcán de Fuego, 9800 ft. [= 2987 m], Jalisco, latitude 19.55°N, longitude 103.63°W”.

Combinations

• Sorex veraecrucis altoensis Carraway, 2007: 58 [original combination, as subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Carraway, L.N. 2007. Shrews (Eulypotyphla: Soricidae) of Mexico. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 3(1): 1–91. DOI: 10.3398/1545-0228-3.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Alto Shrew