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Taxon: Family Soricidae Fischer, 1814 - shrews (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814) Gray, 1821
Original name:  Fischer [von Waldheim], G. 1814. Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky, Mosquae: 143, 144; X.
Original rank:  op. cit.: X, 143.
Subsequent spelling:  Gray, 1821: 300.

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Soricoidea (Superfamily) Fischer, 1814
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Soricinae (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814

Variants

Incorrect authorship: Soricidae (Family) G. Fischer, 1817, err. bibl.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: spitsmuizen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: shrews Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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