Sorex ibarrai

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: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Species: Sorex ibarrai

Name

• Sorex ibarrai Matson & McCarthy, 2005

Holotype: CMNH 113283, adult ♀, skin, skull, and partial postcranial skeleton.

Type locality: “Guatemala, Departamento de El Progreso, Municipio San Augustín Acasaguastlan [sic], Reserva de Biosfera Sierra de las Minas, Cerro Pinalón, Camino de las Torres, 2700 m; 15°4'54" N, 89°55'59" W.

Combinations

• Sorex veraepacis ibarrai Matson & McCarthy, 2005: 68 [original combination]
• Sorex ibarrai: Matson & Ordóñez-Garza, 2017: 478 [name combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Matson, J.O. & McCarthy, T.J. 2005. A new subspecies of Verapaz shrew (Sorex veraepacis) from Guatemala. pp. 63–70 in Merritt, J.F., Churchfield, S., Hutterer, R. & Sheftel, B.I. (eds.), Advances in the Biology of Shrews II. Special Publication of the International Society of Shrew Biologists 1.
• Matson, J.O. & Ordóñez-Garza, N. 2017. The taxonomic status of Long-tailed shrews (Mammalia: genus Sorex) from Nuclear Central America. Zootaxa 4236(3): 461–483. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.3.3 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Matson, J.O. 2008. Intrapopulation variation in Ibarra’s Verapaz shrew (Sorex veraepacis ibarrai) from Guatemala. Mammalian Biology 73: 66–69. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.11.005

Vernacular names

English: Ibarra’s Shrew