Sorex (Otisorex) portenkoi Stroganov 1956

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 : 294

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scientific name	Sorex (Otisorex) portenkoi Stroganov 1956
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Sorex (Otisorex) portenkoi Stroganov 1956 , Proc. Inst. Biol. W. Siberian Branch Acad. Sci. USSR, Zool., 1: 11-14.

Type Locality: Russia, Koryaksk. Auv. Okr. "bliz pos Anadyr', poberejhe Anadyrsk limana [near Anadyr' settlement, shore of Anadyr' estuary]." .

Vernacular Names: Portenko's Shrew.

Distribution: NE Siberia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex ; S. cinereus group ( Demboski and Cook, 2003). Originally described as a subspecies of cinereus and treated as such by Yudin (1972) and Okhotina (1977), then included in ugyunak (Ivanitskaya and Kozlovsky, 1985) , but recently recognized as a distinct species by Zaitsev (1988), and van Zyll de Jong (1991 b), who, however, pointed out its close relationship to jacksoni and ugyunak .