Soriculus

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: Nectogalini
Genus: Soriculus
Species (5): S. beibengensis – S. medogensis – S. minor – S. nigrescens – S. nivatus

Name

Soriculus Blyth, 1855: 733

• Type species: Corsira nigrescens Gray, 1842, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. 1855. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for September, 1854. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 23: 729–740.

Additional references

• Jiang, H.-J., Fu, C.-K., Tang, K.-Y., Li, F.-J., Faiz, A.U.H., Guo, K.-J., Liu, S.-Y. & Chen, S.D. 2023. Molecular phylogenetics and diversity of the himalayan shrew (Soriculus nigrescens Gray, 1842) (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) in Southwest China. Zootaxa 5263(1): 61–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.1.3 Reference page. 
• Chen, Z.-Z., Pei, X.-X., Hu, J.-X., Song, W.-Y., Khanal, L., Li, Q. & Jiang, X.-L. 2023. Multilocus phylogeny and morphological analyses illuminate overlooked diversity of Soriculus (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla: Soricidae), with descriptions of two new endemic species from the eastern Himalaya. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in press. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad131 Reference page. 
• Pei, X.-X., Chen, Z.-Z., Li, Q., Li, X.-Y., Pu, C.-Z., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-J., Wang, H.-J., Khanal, L. & Jiang, X.-L. 2024. A new species of the genus Soriculus (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from Medog in the eastern Himalaya. ZooKeys 1195: 139–155. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1195.115699 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Himalayan Mountain Shrews