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--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
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--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS Sorex
SPECIES Sorex (Sorex) tundrensis
| Author: | Merriam, 1900. | | Citation: | Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2: 16. | | Common Name: | Tundra Shrew | | Type Locality: | USA, Alaska, St. Michaels. | | 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). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | 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 (1991b) 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. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
amasari Ognev, 1922
amazari Ognev, 1928
baikalensis Ognev, 1913
borealis Kastchenko, 1905
centralis Thomas, 1911
irkutensis Ognev, 1933
jenissejensis Dudelski, 1930
khankae Baranova and Zaitsev, 2003
margarita Fetisov, 1950
middendorfii Ognev, 1933
parvicaudatus Okhotina, 1976
petschorae Ognev, 1922
schnitnikovi Ognev, 1922
sibiriensis Ognev, 1922
transrypheus Stroganov, 1956
ultimus G. Allen, 1914
ussuriensis Okhotina, 1983
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