Megasorex gigas (Merriam 1897)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 280

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scientific name

Megasorex gigas (Merriam 1897)
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[Notiosorex] gigas Merriam 1897 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 227.

Type Locality: Mexico, Jalisco, near San Sebastián, mountains at Milpillas.

Vernacular Names: Mexican Shrew.

Distribution: Nayarit to Oaxaca ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly included in Notiosorex ( Hall, 1981:65) ; but Repenning (1967:56) and Armstrong and Jones (1972 a, Mammalian Species No. 16) considered Megasorex a distinct genus; a view supported by George (1986) on the basis of allozyme data.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Megasorex

Loc

Megasorex gigas (Merriam 1897)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Notiosorex] gigas

Merriam 1897: 227
1897
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