Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 269

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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scientific name

Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)
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[Sorex] brevicaudus Say 1823 , in: James, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, Vol. 1: 164.

Type Locality: USA, Engineer cantonment, west bank of the Missouri River; restricted to Nebraska, Washington Co., approximately 2 mi. (3.2 km) east Ft. Calhoun by Jones (1964:68).

Vernacular Names: Northern Short-tailed Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. brevicauda Say 1823

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. aloga Bangs 1902

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. angusta Anderson 1943

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. churchi Bole and Moulthrop 1942

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. compacta Bangs 1902

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. hooperi Bole and Moulthrop 1942

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. kirtlandi Bole and Moulthrop 1942

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. manitobensis Anderson 1947

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. pallida R. W. Smith 1940

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. talpoides Gapper 1830

Subspecies Blarina brevicauda subsp. telmalestes Merriam 1895

Distribution: S Canada west to C Saskatchewan and east to SE Canada, south to Nebraska and N Virginia ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes telmalestes (see review by George et al., 1986, Mammalian Species No. 261), which Hall (1981:57) listed as a distinct species. Karyotype has 2n = 48-50, FN = 52 ( Zima et al., 1998).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Blarina

Loc

Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Sorex] brevicaudus

Say 1823: 164
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