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Sorex (Crocidura) caeruleus

Mammalia - Soricidae

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

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Sorex caeruleus Kerr
1800Sorex caerulescens Shaw
1895Sorex (Crocidura) caeruleus Allen p. 189

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilyCrocidurinaeMilne Edwards 1874
genusSorexWagler 1832
subgenusCrocidura
speciescaeruleus(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.

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Invalid names: Sorex caerulescens Shaw 1800 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available