Sorex maritimensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Soricoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Species: Sorex maritimensis

Sorex maritimensis Smith, 1939

Holotype: MVZ 84479, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Ronald W. Smith on 29 November 1936.
Type locality: “Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia”, Canada.

Sorex arcticus maritimensis Smith, 1939: 244 [original combination, as subspecies]
Sorex maritimensis — Stewart, Perry & Fumagalli, 2002: 98 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Smith, R.W. 1939. A New Race of Sorex arcticus from Nova Scotia. Journal of Mammalogy 20(2): 244–245. DOI: 10.2307/1374384 Reference page.
Stewart, D.T., Perry, N.D. & Fumagalli, L. 2002. The maritime shrew, Sorex maritimensis (Insectivora: Soricidae): a newly recognized Canadian endemic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(1): 94–99. DOI: 10.1139/Z01-207 Reference page.

van Zyll de Jong, C.G. 1983. A morphometric analysis of North American shrews of the Sorex arcticus group, with special consideration of the taxonomic status of S. a. maritimensis. Le Naturaliste Canadien 110(4): 373–378. Reference page.
Volobouev, V.T. & van Zyll de Jong, C.G. 1988. The karyotype of Sorex arcticus maritimensis (Insectivora, Soricidae) and its systematic implications. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(9): 1968–1972. DOI: 10.1139/z88-288 Reference page.
Hutterer, R. 1993. Order Insectivora. Pp. 69–130 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page.
Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.