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Blarina brevicauda (northern short-tailed shrew)

Mammalia - Soricidae

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).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Sorex brevicaudus Say
1830Sorex talpoides Grapper
1838Corsira talpoides Gray
1842Blarina talpoides Lesson
1848Talposorex platyurus Pomel
1858Blarina brevicauda Baird
1899Blarina simplicidens Cope
1902Blarina brevicaudus Hay p. 738
1902Blarina simplicidens Hay p. 738
1908Blarina ozarkensis Brown
1943Blarina fossilis Hibbard
1952Blarina brevicauda Sherman p. 87
1967Blarina brevicauda Wilson p. 207
1976Blarina kirtlandi Graham and Semken
1976Blarina ozarkensis Graham and Semken
1980Blarina ozarkensis Kurten and Anderson p. 111
1980Blarina brevicauda Kurten and Anderson p. 112
1984Blarina brevicauda Jones et al.
1986Blarina brevicauda George p. 158
1998Blarina brevicauda Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeBlarininiKretzoi 1965
genusBlarinaGray 1838
speciesbrevicauda(Say 1823)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:40:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
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
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Blarina carolinensis (19941) Blarina sp. (19930)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Blarina brevicauda (123875 125941)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (West Virginia) Blarina brevicauda (79660)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Blarina brevicauda (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Blarina brevicauda (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Blarina brevicauda (20143 20154)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Blarina brevicauda (20157 20309)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Blarina brevicauda (20566) Blarina sp. (20301 20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Blarina brevicauda (20306 20318 20560)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Blarina brevicauda (20554 20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Blarina simplicidens (20479)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) Blarina fossilis (20492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Blarina brevicauda (82258 103991 104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Blarina brevicauda (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Blarina brevicauda (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Blarina brevicauda (93332 123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Blarina brevicauda (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Blarina brevicauda (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Blarina brevicauda (74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Blarina brevicauda (63565 63569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Blarina brevicauda (104689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Blarina brevicauda (63429)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Blarina brevicauda (195066)