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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scientific name	Sorex nanus Merriam, 1895
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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.

References

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.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Insectivora
Family	Soricidae
Genus	Sorex

Sorex nanus Merriam, 1895

Rainer Hutterer 1993

1993

Sorex nanus

Merriam 1895: 81

1895

Specimens