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Sorex  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179928

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Microsorex Coues, 1877
 
    Sorex (Ognevia) Heptner and Dolgov, 1967
 
    Sorex (Otisorex) De Kay, 1842
 
    Sorex (Sorex) Linnaeus, 1758
 
  Common Name(s): red-toothed shrews [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderEulipotyphla Waddell, Okada and Hasegawa, 1999  
                                  FamilySoricidae G. Fischer, 1814 – shrews  
                                     SubfamilySoricinae G. Fischer, 1814  
                                        TribeSoricini G. Fischer, 1814 – long-tailed shrews  
                                           GenusSorex Linnaeus, 1758 – red-toothed shrews  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesSorex alaskanus Merriam, 1900 – Glacier Bay Water Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex albibarbis (Cope, 1862) – Eastern Water Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex alpinus Schinz, 1837 – Alpine Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex altoensis Carraway, 2007 – Alto Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840 – Valais Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Shrew, Eurasian Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex arcticus Kerr, 1792 – black-backed shrew, saddle-back shrew, musaraigne arctique, Arctic Shrew, musaraigne nordique 
                                              SpeciesSorex arizonae Diersing and Hoffmeister, 1977 – Musaraña de Arizona, Arizona Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex asper Thomas, 1914 – Tien Shan Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex bairdi Merriam, 1895 – Baird's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911 – Lesser Striped Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex bendirii (Merriam, 1884) – Bendire's shrew, Bendire's water shrew, Pacific marsh shrew, Marsh Shrew, Pacific water shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex buchariensis Ognev, 1921 – Buchara Shrew, Pamir Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex caecutiens Laxmann, 1788 – Laxmann's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex camtschaticus Yudin, 1972 – Kamchatka Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex cansulus Thomas, 1912 – Gansu Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex chiapensis Jackson, 1925 – Chiapan Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex cinereus Kerr, 1792 – common shrew, Masked Shrew, musaraigne cendrée, Cinereus Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex coronatus Millet, 1828 – Millet's Shrew, Crowned Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex cristobalensis Jackson, 1925 – Saussure's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex cylindricauda A. Milne-Edwards, 1872 – Stripe-backed Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex daphaenodon Thomas, 1907 – Siberian Large-toothed Shrew, Large-toothed Siberian Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex dispar Batchelder, 1911 – Rock Shrew, musaraigne longicaude, gray long-tailed shrew, Long-tailed Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex emarginatus Jackson, 1925 – Zacatecas Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex excelsus G. M. Allen, 1923 – Chinese Highland Shrew, Lofty Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex fontinalis Hollister, 1911 – eastern shrew, Maryland shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex fumeus G. M. Miller, 1895 – smokey shrew, musaraigne fuligineuse, Smoky Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex gracillimus Thomas, 1907 – Slender Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex granarius G. S. Miller, 1910 – Iberian Shrew, Lagranja Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex haydeni Baird, 1857 – Hayden's shrew, Prairie Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex hosonoi Imaizumi, 1954 – Azumi Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex hoyi Baird, 1857 – Pygmy Shrew, musaraigne pygmée, American Pygmy Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex ibarrai Matson and McCarthy, 2005 – Ibarra's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex isodon Turov, 1924 – Taiga Shrew, Even-toothed Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex ixtlanensis Carraway, 2007 – Ixtlan Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex jacksoni Hall and Gilmore, 1932 – St. Lawrence Island Shrew, Saint Lawrence Island Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex leucogaster Kuroda, 1933 – Paramushir Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex longirostris Bachman, 1837 – Southeastern Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex lyelli Merriam, 1902 – Lyell shrew, Mount Lyell shrew, Mt. Lyell Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex macrodon Merriam, 1895 – Large-toothed Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex madrensis Matson and Ordóñez-Garza, 2017 – Sierra Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex maritimensis Smith, 1939 – Maritime Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex mccarthyi Matson and Ordóñez-Garza, 2017 – McCarthy's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex mediopua Carraway, 2007 – Jalisco Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex merriami Dobson, 1890 – Merriam's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex milleri Jackson, 1947 – Carmen Mountain Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex minutissimus Zimmermann, 1780 – Eurasian Least Shrew, miniscule shrew, Asian minute shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 – Eurasian Pygmy Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex mirabilis Ognev, 1937 – Ussuri Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex monticolus Merriam, 1890 – Montane Shrew, Dusky Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex mutabilis Merriam, 1898 – Mutable Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex nanus Merriam, 1895 – Rocky Mountain dwarf shrew, Dwarf Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex navigator (Baird, 1858) – Western Water Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex neomexicanus Bailey, 1913 – New Mexico Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex oreopolus Merriam, 1892 – Mexican Long-tailed Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex orizabae Merriam, 1895 – Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex ornatus Merriam, 1895 – Suisun shrew, Musaraña adornada, Ornate Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex pacificus Coues, 1877 – Pacific Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex palustris Richardson, 1828 – northern water shrew, Water Shrew, musaraigne palustre, American Water Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex planiceps G. S. Miller, 1911 – Kashmir Pygmy Shrew, Kashmir Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex portenkoi Stroganov, 1956 – Portenko's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex preblei Jackson, 1922 – malheur shrew, Preble's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex pribilofensis Merriam, 1895 – Pribilof Island Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex raddei Satunin, 1895 – Radde's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex roboratus Hollister, 1913 – Flat-skulled Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex rohweri R. L. Rausch, Feagin and V. R. Rausch, 2007 – Olympic Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex salvini Merriam, 1897 – Salvin's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex samniticus Altobello, 1926 – Apennine Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex satunini Ognev, 1922 – Caucasian Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex saussurei Merriam, 1892 – Saussure's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex sclateri Merriam, 1897 – Sclater's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex shinto Thomas, 1905 – Shinto Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex sinalis Thomas, 1912 – Chinese Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex sonomae Jackson, 1921 – Fog Shrew, Sonoma shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex stizodon Merriam, 1895 – San Cristobal Shrew, Pale-toothed Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex tenellus Merriam, 1895 – great basin dwarf shrew, Inyo Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex thibetanus Kastschenko, 1905 – Tibetan Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex trowbridgii Baird, 1857 – Trowbridge's Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900 – Tundra Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex ugyunak R. M. Anderson and Rand, 1945 – Barren Ground Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex unguiculatus Dobson, 1890 – Long-clawed Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex vagrans Baird, 1858 – wandering shrew, Vagrant Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex ventralis Merriam, 1895 – Chestnut-bellied Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex veraecrucis Jackson, 1925 – Veracruz Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex veraepacis Alston, 1877 – Verapaz Shrew 
                                              SpeciesSorex volnuchini Ognev, 1922 – Caucasian Pygmy Shrew 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Sorex    
       
  Expert: Rainer Hutterer   
  Notes: Zoologisches Forschunginstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany   
  Reference for: Sorex    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sorex   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sorex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bannikova, Anna A., Daria Chernetskaya, Alexandra Raspopova, Dmitry Alexandrov, Yun Fang, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Evolutionary history of the genus Sorex (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla) as inferred from multigene data   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zoologica Scripta, vol. 47, no. 5   
  Page(s): 518-538   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1463-6409   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/zsc.12302   
  Reference for: Sorex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor, Kai He, Rudolf Haslauer, et al. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Soricidae (Shrews)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos   
  Page(s): 332-550   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-084   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sorex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Sorex   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sorex   
       

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