Sorex (Otisorex) leucogaster Kuroda 1933

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Soricomorpha; Soricidae; Sorex; Sorex leucogaster; Kamchatka; Kamchatka Peninsula
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11342021; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/93684ADE74280DF78D705DEDA0F23EBA

Sorex (Otisorex) leucogaster Kuroda 1933 Sorex (Otisorex) leucogaster Kuroda 1933, Bull. Biogeogr. Soc. Japan, 3 (3): 155. Type Locality: Russia, Paramushir Isl; given by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951:48) as "Nasauki, Amamu-shiru, 200 ft. [61 m], North Kurile Islands". Vernacular Names: Paramushir Shrew. Synonyms: Sorex (Otisorex) beringianus Yudin 1967. Distribution: Probably confined to Paramushir Isl, south of Kamchatka Peninsula. Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex , S. cinereus group (Demboski and Cook, 2003). Karyotype has 2n = 66, FN = 70. Formerly included in cinereus or gracillimus (Corbet, 1978 c ); includes beringianus Yudin, 1967. On the status, authorship and valid date of publication see Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987). Related to jacksoni and ugyunak (van Zyll de Jong, 1982, 1991 b ). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, pp. 220-311 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 290, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519