Sorex salvini

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 salvini

Name

• Sorex salvini Merriam, 1897: 229

Holotype: USNM 77035, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Calel, Totonicapan [sic], Guatemala (alt., 10200 ft. = 3100 meters).”

Combinations

• Sorex saussurei salvini: Jackson, 1928: 159 [name combination, reduced to subspecies]
• Sorex salvini: Woodman et al., 2012: 214 [name combination, restaured to species]

Synonyms

• Sorex godmani Merriam, 1897: 229 [synonymized by Woodman et al. (2012: 214)]

Holotype: USNM 77044, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Volcano Santa Maria, Quezaltenango [sic], Guatemala (alt., 9000 ft. = 2740 meters).

References

Primary references

• Merriam, C.H. 1897. Descriptions of five new shrews from México, Guatemala, and Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 227–230. BHL
• Woodman, N., Matson, J.O., McCarthy, T.J., Eckerlin, R.P., Bulmer, W. & Ordóñez-Garza, N. 2012. Distributional records of shrews (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from northern Central America, with the first record of Sorex from Honduras. Annals of Carnegie Museum 80: 207–237.

Additional references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Salvin’s Shrew