Sorex gomphus

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 gomphus

Name

Sorex gomphus Allen, 1923

• Holotype: AMNH 44320, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Roy Chapman Andrews and Edmund Heller on 11 February 1917.
• Type locality: “Mu-cheng, Salween drainage, western Yunnan, 7000 feet altitude”, China.

Combinations

• Sorex bedfordiae gomphus Allen, 1923: 3 [Original combination]

References

Primary references

• Allen, G.M. 1923. New Chinese insectivores. American Museum Novitates 100: 1–11. hdl: 2246/4530 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chen, S.-D., Tang, K.-Y., Wang, X.-M., Li, F.-J., Fu, C.-K., Liu, Y., Faiz, A.H., Jiang, X.-L. & Liu, S.-Y. 2022. Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitations of the striped-back shrew group (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae): Implications for cryptic diversity, taxonomy and multiple speciation patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 177: 107619. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107619 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Yunnan Striped Shrew