Sorex palustris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Soricomorpha 

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
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Soricomorpha

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

Name

Holotype: BMNH 1842.10.7.1, dry skin and skull.

Type locality: “Marshy places, from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains”.

Synonyms

  • Sorex palustris hydrobadistes Jackson, 1926: 57 [synonymized by Hope, Panter, Cook, Talbot & Nagorsen (2014: 730)]

Holotype: USNM 229.061, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Hartley H.T. Jackson on 3 July 1918.

Type locality: “Whitee, Clark County, Wisconsin”.

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Mycroft, E.E., Shafer, A.B.A. & Stewart, D.T. 2011. Cytochrome-b sequence variation in water shrews (Sorex palustris) from eastern and western North America. Northeastern Naturalist 18(4): 497–508. DOI: 10.1656/045.018.0407 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Northern Water Shrew
français: Musaraigne palustre
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