Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1866) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
(
)
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
(
)
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gill, 1872
- Superfamily:
Soricoidea
(
- Order:
Eulipotyphla
(
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Blarina
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. brevicauda (Northern Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. brevicauda aloga (Martha's Vineyard Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. brevicauda brevicauda (Northern Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. brevicauda compacta (Nantucket Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. brevicauda telmalestes (Dismal Swamp Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. carolinensis (Southern Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. carolinensis shermani (Sherman's Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. hylophaga (Elloit's Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. hylophaga hylophaga (Elliot's Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. hylophaga plumbea (Aransas Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. peninsulae (Everglades Short-Tailed Shrew)
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Further Reading
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 28, p. 29.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 50, p. 51.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 16 1964 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 70.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6313088
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13909395
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2190425
