Blarinella quadraticauda

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Blarinellini
Genus: Blarinella
Species: Blarinella quadraticauda

Name

Blarinella quadraticauda (Milne-Edwards, 1872)

• Holotype: MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-579, mounted skin and skull, collected by Armand David in 1870.
• Type locality: “Moupin”, Sichuan, China.

Combinations

• Sorex quadraticauda Milne-Edwards, 1872: 261, plate 38b, fig. 2 [original combination]
• Blarinella quadraticauda — Thomas, 1911: 166 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Milne-Edwards, A. 1872. Mémoire de la faune mammalogique du Tibet Oriental et principalement de la principauté de Moupin. Pp. 231–379 in Milne-Edwards, H. (ed.), Recherches pour servir à l’histoire naturelle des mammifères. 2 volumes. G. Masson: Paris. Tome Premier - Texte: BHL; Tome Second - Atlas: BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jiang, X.-L., Wang, Y.-X. & Hoffmann, R.S. 2003. A review of the systematics and distribution of Asiatic short-tailed shrews, genus Blarinella (Mammalia: Soricidae). Mammalian Biology 68(4): 193–204. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00085 Reference page. 

Links

• Johnston, C. & Smith, A.T. 2016. IUCN: Blarinella quadraticauda  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T40613A22283477. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40613A22283477.en. Accessed on 10 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew