A new name for the Ussurian subspecies of the Tundra Shrew, Sorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900 (Mammalia: Soricidae)
G.I. Baranova & M.V. Zaitsev
Abstract. The names hitherto proposed for the Ussurian subspecies of Sorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900 (S. t. ussuriensis Okhotina, 1983, S. t. stroganovi Okhotina, 1984, S. t. stroganovi Yudin, 1989) are preoccupied. A new name, Sorex tundrensis khankae, is proposed for this taxon.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2002, 11(2): 403–404 ▪ Published in print 25 June 2003
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