Sado shrew

Sado shrew
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
Species:
S. shinto
Subspecies:
S. s. sadonis
Trinomial name
Sorex shinto sadonis
Yoshiyuki & Imaizumi, 1986[2]
Synonyms

Sorex sadonis Yoshiyuki & Imaizumi, 1986

The Sado shrew (Sorex shinto sadonis) is a subspecies of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Japan, and more specifically, the Japanese island of Sado. Although it is sometimes referred to as its own species, more recent scholarship identifies it as a subspecies of the Shinto shrew.[3] However, there are significant morphological differences between the species.[4]

References

  1. ^ Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Sorex sadonis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
  2. ^ Yoshiyuki, M., & Imaizumi, Y. (1986). A new species of Sorex (Insectivora, Soricidae) from Sado Island, Japan. Bull Natl Sci Mus, Tokyo, Ser A, 12, 185-193.
  3. ^ Ohdachi, S. D.; Abe, H.; Oh, H. S.; Han, S. H. (2005-11-16). "Morphological relationships among populations in the Sorex caecutiens/shinto group (Eulipotyphla, Soricidae) in East Asia, with a description of a new subspecies from Cheju Island, Korea". Mammalian Biology. 70 (6): 345–358. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2005.06.004. hdl:2115/986. ISSN 1616-5047.
  4. ^ Dokuchaev, Nikolai E.; Ohdachi, Satoshi; Abe, Hisashi (1999). "Morphometric status of shrews of the Sorex caecutiens/shinto group in Japan". Mammal Study. 24 (2): 67–78. doi:10.3106/mammalstudy.24.67. hdl:2115/44405. ISSN 1343-4152.


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