Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Alternative combination: Sorex pratensis
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1944. Stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of Pleistocene deposits of southwestern Kansas. Geological Society America Bulletin 55
Belongs to Microsorex according to C. W. Hibbard 1944
See also Dalquest and Schultz 1992 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Sorex alpinoides, Sorex alpinus, Sorex araneus, Sorex arcticus, Sorex arizonae, Sorex bor, Sorex caecutiens, Sorex cinereus, Sorex cudahyensis, Sorex dehneli, Sorex dispar, Sorex edwardsi, Sorex ertemteensis, Sorex fejfari, Sorex frankstounensis, Sorex fumeus, Sorex gracilidens, Sorex hagermanensis, Sorex hibbardi, Sorex hoyi, Sorex kansasensis, Sorex kennardi, Sorex leahyi, Sorex longirostris, Sorex margaritodon, Sorex megapalustris, Sorex meltoni, Sorex merriami, Sorex minutoides, Sorex minutus, Sorex monticolus, Sorex obscurus, Sorex ornatus, Sorex palustris, Sorex personatus, Sorex powersi, Sorex praealpinus, Sorex praearaneus, Sorex pseudoalpinus, Sorex quadraticauda, Sorex rexroadensis, Sorex runtonensis, Sorex sandersi, Sorex saussurei, Sorex savini, Sorex scottensis, Sorex subminutus, Sorex tasnadii, Sorex taylori, Sorex trowbridgii, Sorex vagrans, Sorex yatkolai, Neosorex lacustris
Type specimen: KUMVP 6470, a mandible (partofleftramus bearing p4-m3). Its type locality is Cudahy, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial ash in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: Kansas, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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