Sorex eximius
Osgood, 1901
Western Pygmy Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Superfamily | : Soricoidea |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Soricinae |
| Tribe | : Soricini |
| Genus | : Sorex |
| Subgenus | : Otisorex |
Species status
Authority citation
Osgood, W.H. 1901-09-26. Natural history of the Cook Inlet region, Alaska. North American Fauna 21:51-81.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Sorex (Microsorex) eximius
Type material
USNM:MAMM:107126
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Tyonek, Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Canada · United States
Subregion distribution
USA(AK, OR, ID, MT, WY, CO, ND)
Taxonomy notes
split from S. hoyi
Taxonomy notes citation
Hope, A.G., Stephens, R.B., Mueller, S.D., Tkach, V.V. and Demboski, J.R. 2019. Speciation of North American pygmy shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) supports spatial but not temporal congruence of diversification among boreal species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129:41-60. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blz139
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 9 names and synonyms.
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