Sorex maritimensis

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Species: Sorex maritimensis

Sorex maritimensis Smith, 1939

• Holotype: MVZ 84479, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Ronald W. Smith on 29 November 1936.
• Type locality: “Wolfville, Kings County, Nova Scotia”, Canada.

• Sorex arcticus maritimensis Smith, 1939: 244 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Sorex maritimensis — Stewart, Perry & Fumagalli, 2002: 98 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

• Canada: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

• Smith, R.W. 1939. A New Race of Sorex arcticus from Nova Scotia. Journal of Mammalogy 20(2): 244–245. DOI: 10.2307/1374384 Reference page. 
• Stewart, D.T., Perry, N.D. & Fumagalli, L. 2002. The maritime shrew, Sorex maritimensis (Insectivora: Soricidae): a newly recognized Canadian endemic. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80(1): 94–99. DOI: 10.1139/Z01-207 Reference page. 

• van Zyll de Jong, C.G. 1983. A morphometric analysis of North American shrews of the Sorex arcticus group, with special consideration of the taxonomic status of S. a. maritimensis. Le Naturaliste Canadien 110(4): 373–378. Reference page. 
• Volobouev, V.T. & van Zyll de Jong, C.G. 1988. The karyotype of Sorex arcticus maritimensis (Insectivora, Soricidae) and its systematic implications. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(9): 1968–1972. DOI: 10.1139/z88-288 Reference page. 
• Hutterer, R. 1993. Order Insectivora. Pp. 69–130 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page. 
• Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.