Sorex merriami

Sorex merriami

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 merriami

Name

Sorex merriami Dobson, 1890

Type locality: USA, "Fort Custer, Montana" = Bighorn Co., Little Bighorn River, ca. l mi. (1.6 km) above Fort Custer (= Hardin).

Synonyms

• Sorex leucogenys Osgood, 1909

References

• Dobson, G. E. 1890. Monograph of the Insectivora, systematic and anatomical, Vol. 3. British Museum (Natural History), London: pl. 23.
• Osgood, W. H. 1909. The status of the Sorex merriami, with description of an allied new species from Utah. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 22: 52.
• Armstrong, D. M. and, J. Knox Jones, Jr. 1971. Sorex merriami, Mammalian Species, 2: 1–2.

Links

• Sorex merriami 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.
• IUCN: Sorex merriami Dobson, 1890 (Least Concern)
• North American Mammals: Sorex merriami
• Sorex merriami Dobson, 1890 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Merriam's Shrew

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