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- Title
This shrew is a jumping mouse (Mammalia, Dipodidae): Sorex dichrurus Rafinesque, 1833 is a synonym of Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780).
- Authors
Woodman, Neal
- Abstract
Constantine S. Rafinesque described Sorex dichrurus as a shrew in 1833, based on a specimen he found in a proprietary museum near Niagara Falls on the New York/Ontario border. The name subsequently has been ignored by the scientific community. By describing this specimen as a shrew and ascribing it to the genus Sorex, Rafinesque clearly indicated that his species should be considered a member of the taxonomic family now recognized as the Soricidae (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla). Yet, the description of the animal, and its comparison to Gerbillus, clearly identify it as a dipodid rodent, specifically Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann, 1780); S. dichrurus should be treated as a junior subjective synonym of that taxon. Based on its type locality of Goat Island, New York, this name is also a junior synonym of the subspecies Z. hudsonius canadensis (Davies, 1798).
- Subjects
NIAGARA Falls (N.Y. &; Ont.); NEW York (N.Y.); ONTARIO; SHREWS; DIPODIDAE; MEADOW jumping mouse; BIOLOGICAL nomenclature; SORICOMORPHA; BIOLOGICAL classification
- Publication
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 2012, Vol 125, Issue 3, p308
- ISSN
0006-324X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2988/12-05.1