Sorex gracillimus Thomas 1907
- Dataset
- Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Soricomorpha
- family
- Soricidae
- genus
- Sorex
- species
- Sorex gracillimus
discussion
Remarks: Additional efforts are necessary to determine the status of this species in North Korea. Previously, S. gracillimus was considered a subspecies of Sorex minutus. The subspecies inhabiting Korea remains doubtful, but is probably S. g. hyojironis, since this subspecies occupies nearby Manchuria.
distribution
Range: Sorex gracillimus has its distribution limited to extreme northeastern Korea at Mt. Baekdu (Fig. 12). An alleged collection of this shrew at Mt. Jiri in 1983 found no support from a specimen or official collection of this shrew in South Korea (Han 2004 a). Thus, the occurrence of this species in South Korea remains problematic.
Name
- Synonyms
- Sorex minutus subsp. gracillimus Thomas 1907
- Homonyms
- Sorex gracillimus Thomas 1907