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Taxonomy
Sorex brevicaudus was named by Say (1823) [made type of subgenus Brachysorex by Duvernoy 1842; not sure if ever raised to genus level]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Blarina brevicaudus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Blarina brevicauda by Baird (1858), Sherman (1952), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jones et al. (1984), George (1986) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).
It was recombined as Blarina brevicaudus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Blarina brevicauda by Baird (1858), Sherman (1952), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Jones et al. (1984), George (1986) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1823 | Sorex brevicaudus Say |
1830 | Sorex talpoides Grapper |
1838 | Corsira talpoides Gray |
1842 | Blarina talpoides Lesson |
1848 | Talposorex platyurus Pomel |
1858 | Blarina brevicauda Baird |
1899 | Blarina simplicidens Cope |
1902 | Blarina brevicaudus Hay p. 738 |
1902 | Blarina simplicidens Hay p. 738 |
1908 | Blarina ozarkensis Brown |
1943 | Blarina fossilis Hibbard |
1952 | Blarina brevicauda Sherman p. 87 |
1967 | Blarina brevicauda Wilson p. 207 |
1976 | Blarina kirtlandi Graham and Semken |
1976 | Blarina ozarkensis Graham and Semken |
1980 | Blarina ozarkensis Kurten and Anderson p. 111 |
1980 | Blarina brevicauda Kurten and Anderson p. 112 |
1984 | Blarina brevicauda Jones et al. |
1986 | Blarina brevicauda George p. 158 |
1998 | Blarina brevicauda Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt |
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Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 [northern short-tailed shrew]
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Invalid names: Blarina fossilis Hibbard 1943 [synonym], Blarina kirtlandi Graham and Semken 1976 [synonym], Blarina ozarkensis Brown 1908 [synonym], Blarina simplicidens Cope 1899 [synonym], Sorex talpoides Grapper 1830 [synonym], Talposorex platyurus Pomel 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (40 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Blarina carolinensis (19941) Blarina sp. (19930) | |
Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (123875 125941) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (West Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (79660) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Blarina brevicauda (20290) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Blarina brevicauda (20302) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Blarina brevicauda (20143 20154) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Blarina brevicauda (20157 20309) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Blarina brevicauda (20566) Blarina sp. (20301 20390) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Blarina brevicauda (20306 20318 20560) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (West Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (20554 20555) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Blarina simplicidens (20479) | |
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (Kansas) | Blarina fossilis (20492) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (82258 103991 104758 124089) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Blarina brevicauda (20604) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Kansas) | Blarina brevicauda (20605) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (93332 123868 124198 124199) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Blarina brevicauda (13066) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Blarina brevicauda (200485) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Blarina brevicauda (74292 154805) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | Blarina brevicauda (63565 63569) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (104689) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Blarina brevicauda (63429) | |
Holocene | USA (Ohio) | Blarina brevicauda (195066) |