Authority citation: Jackson, H.H.T. 1925-11-13. Preliminary descriptions of seven shrews of the genus Sorex. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 38:127-130.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34557694
Original name as described: Sorex saussurei veraecrucis
Nominal names: veraecrucis H. H. T. Jackson, 1925
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Soricidae -- Subfamily: Soricinae -- Tribe: Soricini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:55106
Type locality: "Xico, altitude 6,000 feet [= 1829 m], State of Vera Cruz, Mexico." Restricted by L. N. Carraway in 2007 to "latitude 19.42°N, longitude 97.0°W."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Mexico (MEX)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included S. altoensis and cristobalensis (tentatively considered a synonym of S. salvini)
Citation: Carraway, L. N. (2007). Shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) of Mexico. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, 3, 1-91.|Woodman, N. (2018). American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, solenodons, moles, and shrews in the New World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 650, 1-107.
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