Order Soricomorpha
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
220
311
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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
).