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Sorex (Crocidura) caeruleus

Osteichthyes - Soricidae

Taxonomy

Sorex caeruleus was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sorex (Crocidura) caeruleus by Allen (1895).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Crocidura aranea, Crocidura darelbeidae, Crocidura dsinezumi, Crocidura esui, Crocidura fuliginosa, Crocidura fuscomurina, Crocidura hirta, Crocidura hosfildi, Crocidura katinka, Crocidura luna, Crocidura mariquensis, Crocidura obtusa, Crocidura palawanensis, Crocidura samaritana, Crocidura tarfayaensis, Crocidura turba, Crocidura zorzii, Crocidura aithiops, Crocidura bicolor, Crocidura cyanea, Crocidura dolichura, Crocidura douceti, Crocidura eburneae, Crocidura flavescens, Crocidura fuscomurina, Crocidura hirta, Crocidura jouvenetae, Crocidura lamottei, Crocidura luna, Crocidura mariquensis, Crocidura muricauda, Crocidura nana, Crocidura pasha, Crocidura silacea, Crocidura theresae, S. aranaeus, S. aranoides, S. casimiri, S. cinerus, S. collongensis, S. dehmi, S. grivensis, S. helleri, S. hundsheimensis, S. minutissimus, S. mirabilis, S. pachyodon, S. polonicus, S. praeminutus, S. pygmaeus, S. shinto, S. subaraneus, S. vulgaris, S. austriacus, S. postsavini, S. minutus

Synonyms

Sorex caerulescens was named by Shaw (1800). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sorex (Crocidura) caeruleus by Allen (1895).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1792	Sorex caeruleus Kerr
1800	Sorex caerulescens Shaw
1895	Sorex (Crocidura) caeruleus Allen p. 189

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
family	Soricidae	Fischer 1814
subfamily	Crocidurinae	Milne Edwards 1874
genus	Sorex	Wagler 1832
subgenus	Crocidura
species	caeruleus	(Kerr 1792)

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 (Crocidura) caeruleus Kerr 1792

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Invalid names: Sorex caerulescens Shaw 1800 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

omnivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-08-22 18:40:24

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Collections

No collection or age range data are available