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Taxonomy
Blarina was named by Gray (1838). It is extant. Its type is Sorex brevicaudus.
It was assigned to Soricidae by Lesson (1842), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); and to Blarinini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Soricidae by Lesson (1842), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); and to Blarinini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Blarina Gray |
| 1842 | Blarina Lesson |
| 1848 | Talposorex Pomel |
| 1855 | Anotus Wagner |
| 1899 | Mamblarinaus Herrera |
| 1902 | Blarina Hay p. 738 |
| 1930 | Blarina Hay p. 442 |
| 1952 | Blarina Sherman p. 87 |
| 1967 | Blarina Van Valen |
| 1967 | Blarina Wilson p. 207 |
| 1980 | Blarina Kurten and Anderson p. 111 |
| 1986 | Blarina George p. 153 |
| 1988 | Blarina Carroll |
| 2008 | Blarina Gunnell et al. |
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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.
G. Blarina Gray 1838 [American short-tailed shrew]
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Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 [northern short-tailed shrew]
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Invalid names: Blarina fossilis Hibbard 1943 [synonym], Blarina kirtlandi Graham and Semken 1976 [synonym], Blarina ozarkensis Brown 1908 [synonym], Sorex talpoides Grapper 1830 [synonym], Talposorex platyurus Pomel 1848 [synonym]
Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 [southern short-tailed shrew]
†Blarina simplicidens Cope 1899
Invalid names: Anotus Wagner 1855 [synonym], Mamblarinaus Herrera 1899 [synonym], Talposorex Pomel 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available