Pseudosoriculus fumidus

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: Pseudosoriculus
Species: Pseudosoriculus fumidus

Name

Pseudosoriculus fumidus (Thomas, 1913)

• Holotype: BMNH 1912.11.23.1, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Walter Goodfellow in March 1912.
• Type locality: “Mt. Arizan [= Alishan], Central Formosa [= Taiwan, China]. Alt. 8000' [= 2438 m]”.

Combinations

• Soriculus fumidus Thomas, 1913: 216 [Original combination]
• Episoriculus (Chodsigoa) caudatus fumidus: Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951: 59 [subsequent combination]
• Episoriculus fumidus: Jameson, 1970: 80 [subsequent combination]
• Pseudosoriculus fumidus: Abramov et al., 2017: 123 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1913. Four new shrews. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8 11(62): 214–218. BHL Reference page. 
• Ellerman, J.R. & Morrison-Scott, T.C.S. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History): London. BHL Reference page. 
• Abramov, A.V., Bannikova, A.A., Chernetskaya, D.M., Lebedev, V.S. & Rozhnov, V.V. 2017. The first record of Episoriculus umbrinus from Vietnam, with notes on the taxonomic composition of Episoriculus (Mammalia, Soricidae). Russian Journal of Theriology 16(2): 117–128. DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.16.2.01 Reference page. 

Links

• Smith, A.T. 2016. IUCN: Pseudosoriculus fumidus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T41429A22293526. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41429A22293526.en. Accessed on 12 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew