HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Soricini
--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS unnamed subgenus, see comments
SPECIES Sorex (unnamed subgenus, see comments) saussurei
Author: | Merriam, 1892. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 7: 173. | Common Name: | Saussure's Shrew | Type Locality: | "Sierra de Colima, Jalisco, Mexico, (altitude 8000 feet [2438 m])". | Distribution: | Colima, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, from 2100 to 3650 m or more (Mexico); Guatemala. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Referred to unnamed subgenus by George (1988:456). Populations from Guatemala provisionally included by Junge and Hoffmann (1981) may be distinct and should be carefully studied. |
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