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Blarina brevicauda (northern short-tailed shrew)

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy

Sorex brevicaudus was named by Say (1823) [made type of subgenus Brachysorex by Duvernoy 1842; not sure if ever raised to genus level]. It is extant. It is the type species of Blarina.

It was recombined as Blarina brevicaudus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Blarina brevicauda by Baird (1858), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jones et al. (1984), George (1986) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).

Synonyms

Blarina fossilis was named by Hibbard (1943). Its type locality is Rezabek, which is in an Irvingtonian/Rancholabrean terrestrial horizon in Kansas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Blarina brevicauda by Hibbard (1957), Graham and Semken (1976), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Jones et al. (1984).
Blarina kirtlandi was named by Graham and Semken (1976) [named as a subspecies of B. brevicauda by Bole and Moulthrop 1942; raised to species level].

It was synonymized subjectively with Blarina brevicauda by Hall (1981) and Jones et al. (1984).
Blarina ozarkensis was named by Brown (1908).

It was synonymized subjectively with Blarina brevicauda by Jones et al. (1984).
Sorex talpoides was named by Grapper (1830). It is extant.

It was recombined as Corsira talpoides by Gray (1838); it was recombined as Blarina talpoides by Lesson (1842); it was synonymized subjectively with Blarina brevicauda by Merriam (1895), Bangs (1902), Hay (1930), Repenning (1967), Jones et al. (1984) and Wilson and Reeder (1993).
Talposorex platyurus was named by Pomel (1848) [genotype]. It is the type species of Talposorex.

It was synonymized subjectively with Blarina brevicauda by Jones et al. (1984).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1823	Sorex brevicaudus Say
1830	Sorex talpoides Grapper
1838	Corsira talpoides Gray
1842	Blarina talpoides Lesson
1848	Talposorex platyurus Pomel
1858	Blarina brevicauda Baird
1902	Blarina brevicaudus Hay p. 738
1908	Blarina ozarkensis Brown
1930	Blarina brevicauda Hay p. 442
1943	Blarina fossilis Hibbard
1952	Blarina brevicauda Sherman p. 87
1967	Blarina brevicauda Wilson p. 207
1976	Blarina kirtlandi Graham and Semken
1976	Blarina ozarkensis Graham and Semken
1980	Blarina ozarkensis Kurten and Anderson p. 111
1980	Blarina brevicauda Kurten and Anderson p. 112
1984	Blarina brevicauda Jones et al.
1986	Blarina brevicauda George p. 158
1998	Blarina brevicauda Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt

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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
family	Soricidae	Fischer 1814
subfamily	Soricinae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
tribe	Blarinini	Kretzoi 1965
genus	Blarina	Gray 1838
species	brevicauda	(Say 1823)

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.

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]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available