Sorex nanus Merriam, 1895

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 118

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DOI

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scientific name

Sorex nanus Merriam, 1895
status

 

Sorex nanus Merriam, 1895 . N. Am. Fauna, 10:81.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "Estes Park [Larimer Co.], Colorado " .

DISTRIBUTION: Rocky Mountains from Montana to New Mexico; South Dakota; Arizona ( USA).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Otisorex . Very similar to, and perhaps conspecific with, tenellus , see review by Hoffmann and Owen (1980, Mammalian Species, 131); but George (1988) retained both as distinct species.

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

Hoffmann, R. S., and J. G. Owen. 1980. Sorex tenellus and Sorex nanus. Mammalian Species, 131: 1 - 4.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Insectivora

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Sorex