Sorex mccarthyi

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Species: Sorex mccarthyi

Name

Sorex mccarthyi Matson & Ordóñez-Garza, 2017: 475

• Holotype: CM 119732, adult ♀, dried skin, skull, partial postcranial skeleton, with tissue samples, collected by Timothy J. McCarthy on 31 January 1995.
• Type locality: “in cloud forest, approximately 11 km SW Gracias, 2560 m, Campamento El Naranjo, Parque Nacional Celaque, Lempira, Honduras, latitude 14°33′ N, longitude 88°40′ W”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: McCarthy’s Shrew