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Sorex cinereus (cinereus shrew)

Mammalia - Soricidae

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

It was synonymized subjectively with Sorex parvus by Hay (1930).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. aranoides, S. casimiri, S. grivensis, S. helleri, S. polonicus, S. praeminutus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Sorex cinereus Kerr
1980Sorex cinereus Kurten and Anderson p. 105
1986Sorex cinereus George p. 158
2004Sorex cinereus Storer p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
speciescinereusKerr 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 cinereus Kerr 1792 [cinereus shrew]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Sorex cinereus (19942)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Sorex cinereus (123875 125941)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Sorex cinereus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Sorex cinereus (20143 20154)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Sorex cinereus (20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Sorex cinereus (20163 20306 20413 20560)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Sorex cinereus (20157 20309)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Sorex cinereus (20389)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Sorex personatus (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Sorex cinereus (20301 20352 20516 20567)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) Sorex cinereus (20492)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Canada (Yukon) Sorex cinereus (74336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Sorex cinereus (82258 103991 104697 104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sorex cinereus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Sorex cinereus (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Sorex cinereus (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Sorex cinereus (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Sorex cinereus (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Sorex cinereus (104034 104035 104672)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Sorex cinereus (162133)