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Sorex hoyi (American pygmy shrew)

Osteichthyes - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Sorex hoyi was named by Baird (1858). It is extant.

It was recombined as Microsorex hoyi by Preble (1910), Hay (1930), Repenning (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Sorex hoyi Baird
1858Sorex thompsoni Baird
1910Microsorex hoyi Preble
1930Microsorex hoyi Hay p. 440
1967Microsorex hoyi Repenning
1980Microsorex hoyi Kurten and Anderson p. 109
1988Sorex hoyi George
1992Sorex hoyi Dalquest and Schultz
1993Sorex hoyi Wilson and Reeder
2004Sorex hoyi Seymour
2025Sorex hoyi Eshelman et al. p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeSoriciniFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusSorex
specieshoyiBaird 1858

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sorex hoyi Baird 1858 [American pygmy shrew]
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Invalid names: Sorex thompsoni Baird 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available