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Sorex cinereus

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The cinereous shrew or masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) is a small shrew found in Alaska, Canada and the northern United States. This is the most widely distributed shrew in North America, where it is also known as the common shrew.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorex_cinereus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2435964	https://www.gbif.org/species/2435964
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	51634	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=51634

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Sorex : Sorex cinereus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : Sorex : Sorex cinereus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
family	Soricidae	Fischer 1814
subfamily	Soricinae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
tribe	Soricini	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
genus	Sorex	Linnaeus 1758
species	Sorex cinereus	Kerr 1792

Generic Name

Sorex

Common Name

cinereus shrew

Scientific Name

Sorex cinereus Kerr, 1792

Name Published In

Animal Kingdom p.206

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Sorex cinereus	species	belongs to Sorex	stated without evidence	Kerr, 1792
Sorex cinereus	species	belongs to Sorex	stated with evidence	George, 1986
Sorex cinereus	species	belongs to Sorex	stated without evidence	Storer, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Soricidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Common Name(s)

Cinereus Shrew, Masked Shrew, Musaraigne Cendrée, Common Shrew

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorex_cinereus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Sorex cinereus acadicus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sorex cinereus cinereus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sorex cinereus fontinalis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sorex cinereus hollisteri subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sorex cinereus lesueurii subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sorex cinereus miscix subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sorex cinereus ohionensis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sorex cinereus streatori subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Sorex franktownensis Peterson, 1926	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Sorex : *Sorex franktownensis*
Sorex cinereus nigriculus Green, 1932	GBIF	subspecies	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Sorex : *Sorex cinereus nigriculus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1792	Sorex cinereus Kerr
1908	Sorex personatus Brown
1926	Sorex franktownensis Peterson
1980	Sorex cinereus Kurten and Anderson p. 105
1986	Sorex cinereus George p. 158
2004	Sorex cinereus Storer p. 139

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

George S. B. (1986) Evolution and historical biogeography of soricine shrews, Systematic Zoology 35 2, 153-162

Storer J. E. (2004) A Middle Pleistocene (late Irvingtonian) mammalian fauna from Thistle Creek, Klondike Goldfields region of Yukon Territory, Canada, Paludicola 4 4, 137-150

Whitaker, John O. Jr., 2004: Sorex cinereus. Mammalian Species, no. 743. 1-9. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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)

Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds., 1999: null. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. xxv + 750. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

(1996) database, NODC Taxonomic Code - via Catalogue of Life

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life

Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

(2003) database, http://www.menv.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/centre.htm - via Catalogue of Life

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner (1987) Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada: Resource Publication, no. 166 - via Catalogue of Life

Whitaker, John O. Jr. (2004) Sorex cinereus: Mammalian Species, no. 743 - via Catalogue of Life

Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds. (1999) The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals - via Catalogue of Life

Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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