Sorex chiapensis

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 chiapensis

Holotype: USNM 75877, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “San Cristobal, altitude 9,500 feet, State of Chiapas, Mexico.”

Sorex veraepacis chiapensis Jackson, 1925: 129 [original combination]
Sorex chiapensis: Matson & Ordóñez-Garza, 2017: 477 [name combination, elevate to species]

Jackson, H.H.T. 1925. Preliminary descriptions of seven shrews of the Genus Sorex. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38: 127–130. BHL
Matson, J.O. & Ordóñez-Garza, N. 2017. The taxonomic status of Long-tailed shrews (Mammalia: genus Sorex) from Nuclear Central America. Zootaxa 4236(3): 461–483. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.3.3 Reference page.

Sorex veraepacis chiapensis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

English: Chiapas Shrew