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  <dc:contributor>Michael D. Carleton</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Neal Woodman</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012</dc:date>
  <dc:description>Constantine S. Rafinesque described &lt;i&gt;Sorex dichrurus&lt;/i&gt; as a shrew in 1833, based on a specimen he found in a proprietary museum near Niagara Falls on the New York/Ontario border. The name subsequently has been ignored by the scientific community. By describing this specimen as a shrew and ascribing it to the genus &lt;i&gt;Sorex&lt;/i&gt;, Rafinesque clearly indicated that his species should be considered a member of the taxonomic family now recognized as the Soricidae (Mammalia, Eulipotyphla). Yet, the description of the animal, and its comparison to ‘‘&lt;i&gt;Gerbillus&lt;/i&gt;,’’ clearly identify it as a dipodid rodent, specifically &lt;i&gt;Zapus hudsonius&lt;/i&gt; (Zimmermann, 1780); &lt;i&gt;S. dichrurus&lt;/i&gt; should be treated as a junior subjective synonym of that taxon. Based on its type locality of Goat Island, New York, this name is also a junior synonym of the subspecies &lt;i&gt;Z. hudsonius canadensis&lt;/i&gt; (Davies, 1798).</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.2988/12-05.1</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Biological Society of Washington</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>This shrew is a jumping mouse (Mammalia, Dipodidae): &lt;i&gt;Sorex dichrurus&lt;/i&gt; Rafinesque 1833 is a synonym of &lt;i&gt;Zapus hudsonius&lt;/i&gt; (Zimmermann 1780)</dc:title>
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