Sorex (Otisorex) ugyunak Anderson and Rand 1945

Sorex (Otisorex) ugyunak Anderson and Rand 1945 Sorex (Otisorex) ugyunak Anderson and Rand 1945, Canadian Field Nat., 59: 62. Type Locality: "Tuktuk (Tuktuyaktok), northeast side of Mackenzie River delta, south of Toker Point, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada.". Vernacular...

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Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11342133
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Summary:Sorex (Otisorex) ugyunak Anderson and Rand 1945 Sorex (Otisorex) ugyunak Anderson and Rand 1945, Canadian Field Nat., 59: 62. Type Locality: "Tuktuk (Tuktuyaktok), northeast side of Mackenzie River delta, south of Toker Point, Mackenzie District, Northwest Territories, Canada.". Vernacular Names: Barren Ground Shrew. Distribution: Mainland tundra west of Hudson Bay (Canada), and N Alaska (USA). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex S. cinereus group (Demboski and Cook, 2003). Karyotype has 2n = 60, FN = 62. Formerly included in cinereus , but van Zyll de Jong (1976, 1991 b ) provided arguments for a specific destinction of ugyunak genetically related to jacksoni , portenkoi , camtschatica , and pribilofensis (Demboski and Cook, 2003). See Junge and Hoffmann (1981) and van Zyll de Jong (1983 a , and in Wilson and Ruff, 1999) for further information. 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 298, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519