Sorex minutissimus

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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Species: Sorex minutissimus
Subspecies (2): S. m. minutissimus – S. m. yukonicus

Name

Sorex minutissimus Zimmermann, 1780

Type locality: Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Synonyms

Sorex howkeri Thomas, 1906

type locality: Inukawa, Yedo, Hondo(Japan): => Mukawa, Hokkaido, Japan

Sorex howkeri howkeri: Ellerman et Morrison-Scott, 1951
Sorex minutissimus howkeri: Stroganov, 1957

References

Abe, H. and Y. Yokohata, 1998. The Natural History of Insectivora (Mammalia) in Japan. (Shobara, Hiroshima)
Ellerman, J. R. and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott, 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals. British Museum (Natural History), London: 810.
Stroganov, S. U., 1957. Animals of Siberia. Insectivores. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Moskaw: 267.
Thomas, O., 1906. The Duke of Bedford's Zoological Expedition in Eastern Asia. I. List of mammals obtained by Mr. M. P. Anderson in Japan. Proc. Zool. Soc. London: 331–363.
Zimmermann, E. A. W. von, 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der allgemein verbreiteten vierfüssigen Thiere, Leipzig 2: 385.

Vernacular names

English: Eurasian Least Shrew
eesti: Kääbus-karihiir
suomi: Kääpiöpäästäinen
français: Musaraigne naine
日本語: チビトガリネズミ
svenska: Mindre dvärgnäbbmus