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Soriculus

Description

The Himalayan shrew (Soriculus nigrescens) is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal, is currently the only species in the genus Soriculus within the tribe Nectogalini, although the species Chodsigoa and Episoriculus, which occur in southeastern Asia, as well as those of the fossil European genus Asoriculus, were formerly included there.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2435784https://www.gbif.org/species/2435784
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)40488https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40488
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Soriculus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : Soriculus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeNeomyiniMatschie 1909
genusSoriculusBlyth 1855
Scientific NameSoriculus Blyth, 1855
Name Published InBlyth, E. 1855. Report of curator, Zoological Department, for September, 1854. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 23(7): 729–740.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Soriculusgenusbelongs to Neomyinistated without evidenceVan Valen, 1967
Soriculusgenusbelongs to Neomyinistated with evidenceGeorge, 1986
Soriculusgenusbelongs to SoricidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 4.20 Ma
Neogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Soricidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Common Name(s) Himalayan Mountain Shrews
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soriculus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Soriculus irene
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Soriculus kubinyi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
14.90 Ma
Pliocene
4.90 Ma
Pliocene
Soriculus minor
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Soriculus nigrescens
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Soriculus radulus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Soriculus sodalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1845Soriculus Blyth
1967Soriculus Van Valen
1986Soriculus George p. 153
1988Soriculus Carroll

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284
George S. B. (1986) Evolution and historical biogeography of soricine shrews, Systematic Zoology 35 2, 153-162
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 23 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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