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Blarina brevicaudus  (Say, 1823)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1229285

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Blarina brevicauda (Say, 1823)
  
    Sorex brevicaudus Say, 1823
  
  Common Name(s): Northern Short-tailed Shrew [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderEulipotyphla Waddell, Okada and Hasegawa, 1999  
                                  FamilySoricidae G. Fischer, 1814 – shrews  
                                     SubfamilySoricinae G. Fischer, 1814  
                                        TribeBlarinini Kretzoi, 1965 – small-eared shrews, American short-tailed shrews  
                                           GenusBlarina Gray, 1838 – American short-tailed shrews  
                                              SpeciesBlarina brevicaudus (Say, 1823) – Northern Short-tailed Shrew  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus aloga Bangs, 1902  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus angusta R. M. Anderson, 1943  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus brevicaudus (Say, 1823)  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus churchi Bole and Moulthrop, 1942  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus compacta Bangs, 1902 – Nantucket short-tailed shrew 
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus hooperi Bole and Moulthrop, 1942  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus kirtlandi Bole and Moulthrop, 1942  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus manitobensis R. M. Anderson, 1947  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus pallida R. W. Smith, 1940  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus talpoides (Gapper, 1830)  
                                                 Subspecies Blarina brevicaudus telmalestes Merriam, 1895  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor, Kai He, Rudolf Haslauer, et al. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Soricidae (Shrews)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos   
  Page(s): 332-550   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-084   
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  Reference for: Blarina brevicaudus, Northern Short-tailed Shrew [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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