Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis Merriam 1900

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Soricomorpha; Soricidae; Sorex; Sorex tundrensis; Chukotka; Northwest Territories; Pechora; Sakhalin; Tundra; Alaska; Siberia; Yukon
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11342129; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/B3F85E1CF3296B6B008E7C597A95E25C

Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis Merriam 1900 Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis Merriam 1900, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2: 16. Type Locality: USA, Alaska, St. Michaels. Vernacular Names: Tundra Shrew. Synonyms: Sorex (Sorex) amasari Ognev 1922; Sorex (Sorex) amazari Ognev 1928; Sorex (Sorex) baikalensis Ognev 1913; Sorex (Sorex) borealis Kastchenko 1905; Sorex (Sorex) centralis Thomas 1911; Sorex (Sorex) irkutensis Ognev 1933; Sorex (Sorex) jenissejensis Dudelski 1930; Sorex (Sorex) khankae Baranova and Zaitsev 2003; Sorex (Sorex) margarita Fetisov 1950; Sorex (Sorex) middendorfii Ognev 1933; Sorex (Sorex) parvicaudatus Okhotina 1976; Sorex (Sorex) petschorae Ognev 1922; Sorex (Sorex) schnitnikovi Ognev 1922; Sorex (Sorex) sibiriensis Ognev 1922; Sorex (Sorex) transrypheus Stroganov 1956; Sorex (Sorex) ultimus G. Allen 1914; Sorex (Sorex) ussuriensis Okhotina 1983. Distribution: Sakhalin Isl; Siberia, from the Pechora River to Chukotka, south to the Altai Mtns; Mongolia and NE China; Alaska (USA); Yukon, Northwest Territories (Canada). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Sorex , S. tundrensis group (Fumagalli et al., 1999). Youngman (1975) provided evidence that tundrensis is specifically distinct from arcticus . Palearctic populations formerly referred to arcticus were included in tundrensis by Junge et al. (1983) and Okhotina (1983). Hoffmann (1987) and van Zyll de Jong (1991 b ) discussed additional aspects of its taxonomy and distribution. Karyotype variable: 2n = 31-41, FN 56-60 in Siberia, 2n = 32/33, FN = 58 in Yukon, and 2n = 32/33, FN = 62 in C Alaska. Kozlovsky (1976) found irkutensis and sibiriensis to be karyotypically distinct; possibly two sibling species occur throughout the Palearctic range. Meylan and Hausser (1991) described a karyotype from Canada that was identical to some in Siberia. 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 ...