Blarinella wardi

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Soricomorpha

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Blarinellini
Genus: Blarinella
Species: Blarinella wardi
Name

Blarinella wardi Thomas, 1915

Holotype: BMNH 1915.2.1.3, adult ♂, skull and skin, collected by F. Kingdon Ward on 10 August 1914.
Type locality: “Hpimaw, Upper Burma, about 26° N., 98° 351 E. Alt. 8000'”.

Combinations

Blarinella wardi Thomas, 1915: 336 [original ocmbination]
Blarinella quadraticauda wardi — Allen, 1938: 116 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Blarinella wardi — Hutterer, 1993 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References
Primary references

Thomas, O. 1915. A new shrew of the genus Blarinella from Upper Burma. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8 15(87): 335–336.
Allen, G.M. 1938. The mammals of China and Mongolia. Part 1. American Museum of Natural History: New York. 620 pp. BHL

Additional references

Jiang, X.-L., Wang, Y.-X. & Hoffmann, R.S. 2003. A review of the systematics and distribution of Asiatic short-tailed shrews, genus Blarinella (Mammalia: Soricidae). Mammalian Biology 68(4): 193–204. DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00085 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Cassola, F. 2016. IUCN: Blarinella wardi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T2825A22283369. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T2825A22283369.en. Accessed on 10 April 2023.

Vernacular names
English: Burmese Short-tailed Shrew

The Burmese short-tailed shrew (Blarinella wardi) is one of three species of shrew in the genus Blarinella. It is in the family Soricidae and is found in China and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Sources

Cassola, F. (2016). "Blarinella wardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2825A22283369. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T2825A22283369.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.