Sorex navigator

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 navigator
Subspecies (2): S. n. brooksi – S. n. navigator

Name

• Sorex navigator (Baird, 1858)

Holotype: USNM 629.1780, adult sex unknown, skin and skull, collected by J.G. Cooper on 31 August 1853.

Type locality: “Fort Vancouver[, near head of Yakima River, Cascade Mountains], Washington Territory”.

Combinations

• Neosorex navigator Baird, 1858: 11 [original combination]
• Sorex navigator — Verrill, 1863: 167 [subsequent combination]
• Sorex (Neosorex) palustris navigator — Merriam, 1895: 92 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. 1858. Mammals. in Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Beverly Tucker, Printer: Washington, D.C. 8(1): 1–757.

Additional references

• O’Neill, M.B., Nagorsen, D.W. & Baker, R.J. 2005. Mitochondrial DNA variation in water shrews (Sorex palustris, Sorex bendirii) from western North America: implications for taxonomy and phylogeography. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(11): 1469–1475. DOI: 10.1139/z05-146 Reference page. 
• Hope, A.G., Panter, N., Cook, J.A., Talbot, S.L. & Nagorsen, D.W. 2014. Multilocus phylogeography and systematic revision of North American water shrews (genus: Sorex). Journal of Mammalogy 95(4): 722–738. DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-196 Reference page. 
• Nagorsen, D.W., Panter, N. & Hope, A.G. 2017. Are the western water shrew (Sorex navigator) and American water shrew (Sorex palustris) morphologically distinct?. Canadian Journal of Zoology 95(10): 727–736. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0007 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Western Water Shrew