Sorex saussurei Merriam 1892

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 : 296

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Sorex saussurei Merriam 1892 View in CoL

Sorex saussurei Merriam 1892 View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 173.

Type Locality: "Sierra de Colima, Jalisco, Mexico, (altitude 8000 feet [2438 m])".

Vernacular Names: Saussure's Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sorex saussurei subsp. saussurei Merriam 1892

Subspecies Sorex saussurei subsp. godmani Merriam 1897

Distribution: Colima, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, from 2100 to 3650 m or more ( Mexico); Guatemala.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Referred to unnamed subgenus by George (1988:456). Populations from Guatemala provisionally included by Junge and Hoffmann (1981) may be distinct and should be carefully studied.

References

George, S. B. 1988. Systematics, historical biogeography, and evolution of the genus Sorex. Journal of Mammalogy, 69: 443 - 461.

Junge, J. A., and R. S. Hoffmann. 1981. An annotated key to the long-tailed shrews (genus Sorex) of the United States and Canada, with notes on Middle American Sorex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 94: 1 - 48.

Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.