Sorex rohweri

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 rohweri

Name

Sorex rohweri Rausch, Feagin & Rausch, 2007: 95

• Holotype: BMNHC 39812, adult ♀, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by V.R. Rausch on 27 August 2004.
• Type locality: “Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, near Quilcene, Penny Creek, at lat. 47°51′N, long. 122°57′W”.

Native distribution areas

• Canada: British Columbia province
• United States: Washington state

References

Primary references

• Rausch, R.L., Feagin, J.E. & Rausch, V.R. 2007. Sorex rohweri sp. nov. (Mammalia, Soricidae) from northwestern North America. Mammalian Biology 72(2): 93–105. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.007 Reference page. 

Links

• Cassola, F. 2017. IUCN: Sorex rohweri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T136282A22317740. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136282A22317740.en. Accessed on 27 March 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Olympic Shrew