The identity of the enigmatic “Black Shrew” (<i>Sorex niger</i>Ord, 1815)

Woodman, Neal

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“…Date of publication can be critical to determining the priority of a particular taxonomic name, but printed dates on journals and books often do not accurately reflect their public availability (e.g., Duncan, 1937;Woodman, 2010Woodman, , 2013Woodman, , 2017. I attempted to provide the most accurate date that I could determine for publications in which new taxa are described.…”

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“…The first comprehensive systematic accounting of the terrestrial vertebrates of the New World by an American natural historian was published anonymously by the Philadelphia naturalist George Ord in the second volume of the 1815 American edition of "Guthrie's Geography" (Guthrie, 1815;Woodman, 2013). At that time, Ord (1815) recognized two species of moles and six species of shrews (Soricidae) inhabiting the Western Hemisphere (Figure 1).…”

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“…Blarina brevicauda knoxjonesi Webster, inGenoways and Baker, p. 52; 5 September. Sorex niger Ord, Zoology of North America, p. 291, in W. Guthrie [et al], A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar.Nomen nudum; based onBarton's (1806) "black shrew" from "the vicinity of Philadelphia"(Woodman, 2013).1830. Sorex talpoidesGapper, Zool.…”

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American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World

Woodman¹

2018

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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Woodman, Neal. American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 650, vi + 107 pages, 27 figures, 1 table, 4 appendixes, 2 indexes, 2018.-The mammalian taxonomic order Eulipotyphla comprises the living families Erinaceidae (gymnures, hedgehogs, and moonrats), Solenodontidae (solenodons), Soricidae (shrews), and Talpidae (desmans and moles), as well as the recently extinct Nesophontidae (nesophontids). Morphological and molecular studies continue to alter our view of relationships within and among these families, and this research has added considerably to our understanding of the diversity, distributions, and relationships of many of the New World (i.e., North and South America and associated islands) species that comprise them. Currently, there are more than 450 recognized living species worldwide, making the Eulipotyphla the third most speciose order of mammals. In this work, I attempt to summarize the taxonomic results of recent studies, provide a guide to the most appropriate current applications of New World taxonomic names and their synonyms, and indicate current understanding of their distributions. The eulipotyphlans of this region currently include 111 recognized species of shrews, seven species of moles, and both living species of solenodons. Cover images, from left to right: Solenodon cubanus (Figure 7, top), Neurotrichus gibbsii (Figure 12), Sorex brevicaudatus (detail from Figure 17).

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American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World

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2018

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Who invented the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)? On the authorship of the fraudulent 1812 journal of Charles Le Raye

Woodman

2015

Archives of Natural History

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The captivity journal of Charles Le Raye was first published in 1812 as a chapter in A topographical description of the state of Ohio, Indiana Territory, and Louisiana, a volume authored anonymously by “a late officer in the U. S. Army”. Le Raye was purported to be a French Canadian fur trader who, as a captive of the Sioux, had travelled across broad portions of the Missouri and Yellowstone river drainages a few years before the Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806), and his account of the land, its people, and its natural resources was relied upon as a primary source by generations of natural historians, geographers, and ethnographers. Based directly on descriptions of animals in the published journal, the naturalist Constantine S. Rafinesque named seven new species of North American mammals, including what are currently recognized as the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and a Great Plains subspecies of white-tailed deer (O. virginianus macrourus). Unfortunately, Le Raye never existed, and historical, geographical, and ethnographical evidence indicates that the journal is fraudulent. Determining the author of this work is relevant to identifying the sources used to construct it, which may help us to understand the real animals upon which Rafinesque's species are based. Traditionally, authorship of the volume was attributed to Jervis Cutler, but his role in composing the fraudulent Le Raye journal has been called into question. In this paper, I present additional evidence supporting the hypothesis that Jervis Cutler bears primary responsibility for the Le Raye journal and that he had the background, opportunity, and potential motive to author it.

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New collection locality of Cryptotis tropicalis (Merriam, 1895) (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) in the south lowlands of Guatemala, Central America

Kraker‐Castañeda

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In January 2013, we carried out a mammal inventory in the south lowlands of Guatemala (elevation below 500 m), in the south slope of the Tecuamburro Volcano, in Taxisco, Santa Rosa. The area is immersed in Subtropical Very Wet Forest (Castañeda 2008). We captured a male adult shrew in a pitfall container located within a riparian forest, following the river bank locally known as El Pajal, at 410 msnm (14,119N, -90,505W). The specimen was collected, and prepared as dried skin and skull following the protocols of The Animal Care and Use Committee (Gannon et al. 2007). As a collaboration agreement, it was housed as voucher in the Mammals Collection of El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Mexico

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The identity of the enigmatic “Black Shrew” (Sorex nigerOrd, 1815)

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American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World

American Recent Eulipotyphla: Nesophontids, Solenodons, Moles, and Shrews in the New World

Who invented the mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)? On the authorship of the fraudulent 1812 journal of Charles Le Raye

New collection locality of Cryptotis tropicalis (Merriam, 1895) (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) in the south lowlands of Guatemala, Central America

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