Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Belongs to Sorex according to Hibbard 1956
See also 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 kansasensis, Sorex kennardi, Sorex lacustris, 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 pratensis, Sorex pseudoalpinus, Sorex quadraticauda, Sorex rexroadensis, Sorex runtonensis, Sorex saussurei, Sorex savini, Sorex scottensis, Sorex subminutus, Sorex tasnadii, Sorex taylori, Sorex trowbridgii, Sorex vagrans, Sorex yatkolai, Microsorex hoyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sanders (UM-K2-53), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Ballard Formation of Kansas
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (6: Kansas, Nebraska collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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