Blarinella wardi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Blarinellini
Genus: Blarinella
Species: Blarinella wardi

Name

Blarinella wardi Thomas, 1915

• Holotype: BMNH 1915.2.1.3, adult ♂, skull and skin, collected by F. Kingdon Ward on 10 August 1914.
• Type locality: “Hpimaw, Upper Burma, about 26° N., 98° 351 E. Alt. 8000'”.

Combinations

• Blarinella wardi Thomas, 1915: 336 [original ocmbination]
• Blarinella quadraticauda wardi — Allen, 1938: 116 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Blarinella wardi — Hutterer, 1993 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1915. A new shrew of the genus Blarinella from Upper Burma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8 15(87): 335–336.
• Allen, G.M. 1938. The mammals of China and Mongolia. Part 1. American Museum of Natural History: New York. 620 pp. BHL

Additional references

• Jiang, X.-L., Wang, Y.-X. & Hoffmann, R.S. 2003. A review of the systematics and distribution of Asiatic short-tailed shrews, genus Blarinella (Mammalia: Soricidae). Mammalian Biology 68(4): 193–204. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00085 Reference page. 

Links

• Cassola, F. 2016. IUCN: Blarinella wardi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T2825A22283369. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T2825A22283369.en. Accessed on 10 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Burmese Short-tailed Shrew