Blarina shermani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Soricoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla Subordo: Erinaceota Superfamilia: Soricoidea

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Blarinini
Genus: Blarina
Species: Blarina shermani

Name

Blarina shermani Hamilton, 1955

• Holotype: USNM 514828 (= CUMV 8026), adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by William J. Hamilton, Jr. on 13 February 1954.
• Type locality: “two miles north of Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida”, United States.

Combinations

• Blarina brevicauda shermani Hamilton, 1955: 37 [original combination]
• Blarina carolinensis shermani: George et al., 1982 [subsequent combination]
• Blarina shermani: Benedict, Genoways & Choate, 2006: 9 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Benedict, R.A., Genoways, H.H. & Choate, J.R. 2006. Taxonomy of short-tailed shrews (genus Blarina) in Florida. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 251: 1–20. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Sherman's Short-tailed Shrew