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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


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