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Genus of mammals

This article is about the shrew. For the Roman actor, see [Caius Norbanus Sorex](/source/Caius_Norbanus_Sorex).

Sorex Temporal range: Late Miocene to recent Cinereous shrew (Sorex cinereus) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Eulipotyphla Family: Soricidae Subfamily: Soricinae Tribe: Soricini G. Fischer, 1814 Genus: Sorex Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 Species See text Synonyms Microsorex

The [genus](/source/Genus) ***Sorex*** includes many of the common [shrews](/source/Shrew_(animal)) of [Eurasia](/source/Eurasia) and [North America](/source/North_America), and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this genus, known as **long-tailed shrews**, are the only members of the tribe **Soricini** of the subfamily Soricinae ([red-toothed shrews](/source/Red-toothed_shrews)). They have 32 teeth.

These animals have long, pointed snouts, small ears, which are often not visible, and scent glands located on the sides of their bodies. As their eyesight is generally poor, they rely on hearing and smell to locate their prey, mainly insects. Some species also use [echolocation](/source/Animal_echolocation). Distinguishing between species without examining the dental pattern is often difficult.

In some species, a female shrew and her dependent young form "caravans", in which each shrew grasps the rear of the shrew in front, when changing location.

## Species

- **Genus *Sorex***[1] – most basal of the genera - [Kashmir pygmy shrew](/source/Kashmir_pygmy_shrew) (*S. planiceps*) – [India](/source/India) and [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan) - [Tibetan shrew](/source/Tibetan_shrew) (*S. thibetanus*) – endemic to [China](/source/China)

- Subgenus *Otisorex* – mostly [North American](/source/North_America) shrews with a few species found on the [Kamchatka Peninsula](/source/Kamchatka_Peninsula) and islands in the [Bering Sea](/source/Bering_Sea). - [Chiapan shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chiapan_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. chiapensis*) - [Cruz's long-tailed shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cruz%27s_long-tailed_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. cruzi*) - [Long-tailed shrew](/source/Long-tailed_shrew) (*S. dispar*) - *Sorex dispar blitchi* - *Sorex dispar dispar* - [Western pygmy shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_pygmy_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. eximius*) - *Sorex eximius eximius* - *Sorex eximius montanus* - [Smoky shrew](/source/Smoky_shrew) (*S. fumeus*) - *Sorex fumeus fumeus* - *Sorex fumeus umbrosus* - [Eastern pygmy shrew](/source/American_pygmy_shrew) (*S. hoyi*) - *Sorex hoyi alnorum* - *Sorex hoyi hoyi* - *Sorex hoyi thompsoni* - *Sorex hoyi winnemana* - [Ibarra shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ibarra_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. ibarrai*) - [Large-toothed shrew](/source/Large-toothed_shrew) (*S. macrodon*) - [Sierra shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sierra_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. madrensis*) - [McCarthy's shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McCarthy%27s_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. mccarthyi*) - [Carmen Mountain shrew](/source/Carmen_Mountain_shrew) (*S. milleri*) - [Mutable shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mutable_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. mutabilis*) - [Dwarf shrew](/source/Dwarf_shrew) (*S. nanus*) - [Mexican long-tailed shrew](/source/Mexican_long-tailed_shrew) (*S. oreopolus*) - [Orizaba long-tailed shrew](/source/Orizaba_long-tailed_shrew) (*S. orizabae*) - [Ornate shrew](/source/Ornate_shrew) (*S. ornatus*) - *[Sorex ornatus juncensis](/source/Tule_shrew)* - *S. o. lagunae* - *S. o. ornatus* - *S. o. relictus* - *S. o. salarius* - *S. o. salicornicus* - *S. o. sinuosus* - *S. o. willetti* - [Inyo shrew](/source/Inyo_shrew) (*S. tenellus*) - [Verapaz shrew](/source/Verapaz_shrew) (*S. veraepacis*) - [Ixtlan shrew](/source/Ixtlan_shrew) (*Sorex ixtlanensis*) - *S. vagrans* complex - [Glacier Bay water shrew](/source/Glacier_Bay_water_shrew) (*S. alaskanus*) - [Eastern water shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eastern_water_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. albibarbis*) - *S. a. gloveralleni* - *S. a. labradorensis* - *S. a. punctulatus* - *S. a. turneri* - [Baird's shrew](/source/Baird's_shrew) (*S. bairdi*) - *S. b. bairdi* - *S. b. permiliensis* - [Marsh shrew](/source/Marsh_shrew) (*S. bendirii*) - *S. b. albiventer* - *S. b. bendirii* - *S. b. palmeri* - [Montane shrew](/source/Montane_shrew) (*S. monticola*) - *S. m. calvertensis* - *S. m. insularis* - *S. m. isolatus* - *S. m. longicaudus* - *S. m. malitiosus* - *S. m. parvidens* - *S. m. prevostensis* - *S. m. setosus* - [New Mexico shrew](/source/New_Mexico_shrew) (*S. neomexicanus*) - [Northern montane shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_montane_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. obscurus*) - *S. m. alascensis* - *S. m. elassodon* - *S. m. obscurus* - *S. m. shumaginensis* - *S. m. soperi* - [Pacific shrew](/source/Pacific_shrew) (*S. pacificus*) - *S. p. pacificus* - *S. p. cascadensis* - [Western water shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_water_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. navigator*) - *S. n. brooksi* - *S. n. navigator* - [American water shrew](/source/American_water_shrew) (*S. palustris*) - *S. p. hydrobadistes* - *S. p. palustris* - [Fog shrew](/source/Fog_shrew) (*S. sonomae*) - *S. s. sonomae* - *S. s. tenelliodus* - [Vagrant shrew](/source/Vagrant_shrew) (*S. vagrans*) - *S. v. halicoetes* - *S. v. paludivagus* - *S. v. vagrans* - *S. cinereus* group - [Kamchatka shrew](/source/Kamchatka_shrew) (*S. camtschaticus*) - [Cinereous shrew](/source/Cinereus_shrew) (*S. cinereus*) - *S. c. acadicus* - *S. c. cinereus* - *S. c. hollisteri* - *S. c. lesueurii* - *S. c. miscix* - *S. c. ohioensis* - *S. c. streatori* - [Maryland shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maryland_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. fontinalis*) - [Prairie shrew](/source/Prairie_shrew) (*S. haydeni*) - [Saint Lawrence Island shrew](/source/Saint_Lawrence_Island_shrew) (*S. jacksoni*) - [Paramushir shrew](/source/Paramushir_shrew) (*S. leucogaster*) - [Southeastern shrew](/source/Southeastern_shrew) (*S. longirostris*) - [Mount Lyell shrew](/source/Mount_Lyell_shrew) (*S. lyelli*) - [Portenko's shrew](/source/Portenko's_shrew) (*S. portenkoi*) - [Preble's shrew](/source/Preble's_shrew) (*S. preblei*) - [Pribilof Island shrew](/source/Pribilof_Island_shrew) (*S. pribilofensis*) - [Olympic shrew](/source/Olympic_shrew) (*S. rohweri*) - [Barren ground shrew](/source/Barren_ground_shrew) (*S. ugyunak*)

- Subgenus *Sorex* - [Dneper common shrew](/source/Dneper_common_shrew) (*S. averini*) - [Lesser striped shrew](/source/Lesser_striped_shrew) (*S. bedfordiae*) - [Greater stripe-backed shrew](/source/Greater_stripe-backed_shrew) (*S. cylindricauda*) - [Chinese highland shrew](/source/Chinese_highland_shrew) (*S. excelsus*) - [Azumi shrew](/source/Azumi_shrew) (*S. hosonoi*) - [Chinese shrew](/source/Chinese_shrew) (*S. sinalis*) - [Alaska tiny shrew](/source/Alaska_tiny_shrew) (*S. yukonicus*) - *S. alpinus* group - [Alpine shrew](/source/Alpine_shrew) (*S. alpinus*) - [Ussuri shrew](/source/Ussuri_shrew) (*S. mirabilis*) - *S. araneus* group - [Valais shrew](/source/Valais_shrew) (*S. antinorii*) - [Common shrew](/source/Common_shrew) (*S. araneus*) - [Udine shrew](/source/Udine_shrew) (*S. arunchi*) - [Crowned shrew](/source/Crowned_shrew) (*S. coronatus*) - [Siberian large-toothed shrew](/source/Siberian_large-toothed_shrew) (*S. daphaenodon*) - *S. d. daphaenodon* - *S. d. sanguinidens* - *S. d. scaloni* - [Iberian shrew](/source/Iberian_shrew) (*S. granarius*) - [Caucasian shrew](/source/Caucasian_shrew) (*S. satunini*) - *S. arcticus* group - [Arctic shrew](/source/Arctic_shrew) (*S. arcticus*) - *S. a. arcticus* - *S. a. laricorum* - [Maritime shrew](/source/Maritime_shrew) (*S. maritimensis*) - *S. tundrensis* - [Tien Shan shrew](/source/Tien_Shan_shrew) (*S. asper*) - [Gansu shrew](/source/Gansu_shrew) (*S. cansulus*) - [Tundra shrew](/source/Tundra_shrew) (*S. tundrensis*) - *S. minutus* group - [Buchara shrew](/source/Buchara_shrew) (*S. buchariensis*) - [Kozlov's shrew](/source/Kozlov's_shrew) (*S. kozlovi*) - [Caucasian pygmy shrew](/source/Caucasian_pygmy_shrew) (*S. volnuchini*) - *S. v. dahli* - *S. v. volnuchini* - *S. caecutiens* group - [Laxmann's shrew](/source/Laxmann's_shrew) (*S. caecutiens*) - [Taiga shrew](/source/Taiga_shrew) (*S. isodon*) - [Eurasian least shrew](/source/Eurasian_least_shrew) (*S. minutissimus*) - [Eurasian pygmy shrew](/source/Eurasian_pygmy_shrew) (*S. minutus*) - [Flat-skulled shrew](/source/Flat-skulled_shrew) (*S. roboratus*) - [Shinto shrew](/source/Shinto_shrew) (*S. shinto*) - *S. s. sadonis* - *S. s. shikokensis* - *S. s. shinto* - [Long-clawed shrew](/source/Long-clawed_shrew) (*S. unguiculatus*) - *S. gracillimus* group - [Slender shrew](/source/Slender_shrew) (*S. gracillimus*) - *S. raddei* - [Radde's shrew](/source/Radde's_shrew) (*S. raddei*) - *S. samniticus* - [Apennine shrew](/source/Apennine_shrew) (*S. samniticus*)

- Subgenus *[incertae sedis](/source/Incertae_sedis)* - [Alto shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alto_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. altoensis*) – Mexico - [Arizona shrew](/source/Arizona_shrew) (*S. arizonae*) – [United States](/source/United_States) ([Arizona](/source/Arizona), [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico)) [Mexico](/source/Mexico) ([Chihuahua](/source/Chihuahua_(state))) - [Zacatecas shrew](/source/Zacatecas_shrew) (*S. emarginatus*) – Mexico - [Jalisco shrew](/source/Jalisco_shrew) (*S. mediopua*) – Mexico - [Merriam's shrew](/source/Merriam's_shrew) (*S. merriami*) – Western United States ([Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), [California](/source/California), [Idaho](/source/Idaho), [Nevada](/source/Nevada), [Utah](/source/Utah), Arizona, New Mexico, [Wyoming](/source/Wyoming), [Colorado](/source/Colorado)) - [Saussure's shrew](/source/Saussure's_shrew) (*S. saussurei*) – Mexico and [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala) - *S. s. godmani* - *S. s. saussurei* - [Salvin's shrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvin%27s_shrew&action=edit&redlink=1) (*S. salvini*) – Mexico and Guatemala - [Sclater's shrew](/source/Sclater's_shrew) (*S. sclateri*) – Mexico - [San Cristobal shrew](/source/San_Cristobal_shrew) (*S. stizodon*) – Mexico - [Trowbridge's shrew](/source/Trowbridge's_shrew) (*S. trowbridgii*) – [Pacific](/source/Pacific) Coast United States (Washington, Oregon, California) [Canada](/source/Canada) (southern [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia)) - *S. t. destructioni* - *S. t. humboldtensis* - *S. t. mariposae* - *S. t. montereyensis* - *S. t. trowbridgii* - [Chestnut-bellied shrew](/source/Chestnut-bellied_shrew) (*S. ventralis*) – Mexico - [Veracruz shrew](/source/Veracruz_shrew) (*S. veraecrucis*) – Mexico - *S. v. oaxacae* - *S. v. veraecrucis*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-msw3_1-0)** Hutterer, R. (2005). [Wilson, D.E.](/source/Don_E._Wilson); Reeder, D.M. (eds.). [*Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference*](http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp) (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 282–300. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8018-8221-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8018-8221-0). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [62265494](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/62265494).

v t e Extant species of Eulipotyphla Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Family: Erinaceidae subfamily: Erinaceinae Atelerix Four-toed hedgehog (A. albiventris) North African hedgehog (A. algirus) Southern African hedgehog (A. frontalis) Somali hedgehog (A. sclateri) Erinaceus Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis) Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor) West European hedgehog (E. europaeus) Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus) Hemiechinus Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus) Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris) Mesechinus Daurian hedgehog (M. dauuricus) Hugh's hedgehog (M. hughi) Gaoligong forest hedgehog (M. wangi) Small-toothed forest hedgehog (M. miodon) Eastern forest hedgehog (M. orientalis) Paraechinus Desert hedgehog (P. aethiopicus) Brandt's hedgehog (P. hypomelas) Indian hedgehog (P. micropus) Bare-bellied hedgehog (P. nudiventris) Family: Erinaceidae subfamily: Galericinae Echinosorex Moonrat (E. gymnura) Hylomys Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus) Javan short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus) Bornean short-tailed gymnure (H. dorsalis) Max's short-tailed gymnure (H. maxi) Dalat gymnure (H. macarong) Northern short-tailed gymnure (H. peguensis) Leuser gymnure (H. vorax) Neohylomys Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis) Neotetracus Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis) Otohylomys Long-eared gymnure (O. megalotis) Podogymnura Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula) Mindanao gymnure (P. truei) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Crocidurinae Crocidura (White-toothed shrews) Cyrenaica shrew (C. aleksandrisi) East African highland shrew (C. allex) Andaman shrew (C. andamanensis) C. annamitensis Ansell's shrew (C. ansellorum) Arabian shrew (C. arabica) Jackass shrew (C. arispa) Armenian shrew (C. armenica) Asian gray shrew (C. attenuata) Hun shrew (C. attila) Bailey's shrew (C. baileyi) Balingka white-toothed shrew (C. balingka) Kinabalu shrew (C. baluensis) Batak shrew (C. batakorum) Mindanao shrew (C. beatus) Beccari's shrew (C. beccarii) Bottego's shrew (C. bottegi) Bale shrew (C. bottegoides) Thick-tailed shrew (C. brunnea) Buettikofer's shrew (C. buettikoferi) African dusky shrew (C. caliginea) Canarian shrew (C. canariensis) Caspian shrew (C. caspica) Cinderella shrew (C. cinderella) Congo white-toothed shrew (C. congobelgica) C. cranbrooki Long-footed shrew (C. crenata) Crosse's shrew (C. crossei) Reddish-gray musk shrew (C. cyanea) Dent's shrew (C. denti) Desperate shrew (C. desperata) Dhofar shrew (C. dhofarensis) Long-tailed musk shrew (C. dolichura) Doucet's musk shrew (C. douceti) Dsinezumi shrew (C. dsinezumi) Eisentraut's shrew (C. eisentrauti) Elgon shrew (C. elgonius) Elongated shrew (C. elongata) Heather shrew (C. erica) Fischer's shrew (C. fischeri) Greater red musk shrew (C. flavescens) Flower's shrew (C. floweri) Bornean shrew (C. foetida) Fox's shrew (C. foxi) Southeast Asian shrew (C. fuliginosa) Savanna shrew (C. fulvastra) Smoky white-toothed shrew (C. fumosa) Bicolored musk shrew (C. fuscomurina) Glass's shrew (C. glassi) Gmelin's white-toothed shrew (C. gmelini) Goliath shrew (C. goliath) Peters's musk shrew (C. gracilipes) Large-headed shrew (C. grandiceps) Greater Mindanao shrew (C. grandis) Grasse's shrew (C. grassei) Luzon shrew (C. grayi) Greenwood's shrew (C. greenwoodi) C. guy Harenna shrew (C. harenna) C. hikmiya Hildegarde's shrew (C. hildegardeae) Hill's shrew (C. hilliana) Lesser red musk shrew (C. hirta) Andaman spiny shrew (C. hispida) Horsfield's shrew (C. horsfieldii) Hutan shrew (C. hutanis) North African white-toothed shrew (C. ichnusae) Indochinese shrew (C. indochinensis) Jackson's shrew (C. jacksoni) Jenkins's shrew (C. jenkinsi) Jouvenet's shrew (C. jouvenetae) Katinka's shrew (C. katinka) Ke Go shrew (C. kegoensis) Kivu shrew (C. kivuana) Lamotte's shrew (C. lamottei) Kivu long-haired shrew (C. lanosa) Ussuri white-toothed shrew (C. lasiura) Latona's shrew (C. latona) Sulawesi shrew (C. lea) Sumatran giant shrew (C. lepidura) Bicolored shrew (C. leucodon) Sulawesi tiny shrew (C. levicula) Butiaba naked-tailed shrew (C. littoralis) Savanna swamp shrew (C. longipes) Lucina's shrew (C. lucina) Ludia's shrew (C. ludia) Moonshine shrew (C. luna) Mauritanian shrew (C. lusitania) MacArthur's shrew (C. macarthuri) MacMillan's shrew (C. macmillani) Nyiro shrew (C. macowi) Malayan shrew (C. malayana) Manenguba shrew (C. manengubae) Makwassie musk shrew (C. maquassiensis) Swamp musk shrew (C. mariquensis) Gracile naked-tailed shrew (C. maurisca) Javanese shrew (C. maxi) Mindoro shrew (C. mindorus) Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew (C. miya) Kilimanjaro shrew (C. monax) Sunda shrew (C. monticola) Montane white-toothed shrew (C. montis) West African long-tailed shrew (C. muricauda) Mossy forest shrew (C. musseri) Ugandan musk shrew (C. mutesae) Somali dwarf shrew (C. nana) Savanna dwarf shrew (C. nanilla) Peninsular shrew (C. negligens) Negros shrew (C. negrina) Nicobar shrew (C. nicobarica) Nigerian shrew (C. nigeriae) Blackish white-toothed shrew (C. nigricans) Black-footed shrew (C. nigripes) African black shrew (C. nigrofusca) Nimba shrew (C. nimbae) Niobe's shrew (C. niobe) West African pygmy shrew (C. obscurior) African giant shrew (C. olivieri) Oriental shrew (C. orientalis) Ryukyu shrew (C. orii) Palawan shrew (C. palawanensis) Panay shrew (C. panayensis) Sumatran long-tailed shrew (C. paradoxura) Small-footed shrew (C. parvipes) Sahelian tiny shrew (C. pasha) Pale gray shrew (C. pergrisea) Guramba shrew (C. phaeura) C. phanluongi Phu Hoc shrew (C. phuquocensis) Cameroonian shrew (C. picea) Pitman's shrew (C. pitmani) Flat-headed shrew (C. planiceps) Fraser's musk shrew (C. poensis) Polia's shrew (C. polia) Kashmir white-toothed shrew (C. pullata) Rainey's shrew (C. raineyi) Negev shrew (C. ramona) Chinese white-toothed shrew (C. rapax) Egyptian pygmy shrew (C. religiosa) Sulawesi white-handed shrew (C. rhoditis) Roosevelt's shrew (C. roosevelti) Greater white-toothed shrew (C. russula) Ugandan lowland shrew (C. selina) Lesser rock shrew (C. serezkyensis) Asian lesser white-toothed shrew (C. shantungensis) Siberian shrew (C. sibirica) Sicilian shrew (C. sicula) Lesser gray-brown musk shrew (C. silacea) Desert musk shrew (C. smithii) Sokolov's shrew (C. sokolovi) Somali shrew (C. somalica) Kahuzi swamp shrew (C. stenocephala) Lesser white-toothed shrew (C. suaveolens) Iranian shrew (C. susiana) Tanzanian shrew (C. tansaniana) Tarella shrew (C. tarella) Saharan shrew (C. tarfayensis) Telford's shrew (C. telfordi) Timor shrew (C. tenuis) Thalia's shrew (C. thalia) Therese's shrew (C. theresae) São Tomé shrew (C. thomensis) Christmas Island shrew (C. trichura) Turbo shrew (C. turba) Ultimate shrew (C. ultima) Usambara shrew (C. usambarae) Savanna path shrew (C. viaria) Mamfe shrew (C. virgata) Voi shrew (C. voi) Voracious shrew (C. vorax) Banka shrew (C. vosmaeri) Lesser Ryukyu shrew (C. watasei) Whitaker's shrew (C. whitakeri) Wimmer's shrew (C. wimmeri) Hainan Island shrew (C. wuchihensis) Xanthippe's shrew (C. xantippe) Yankari shrew (C. yankariensis) Mikhail Zaitsev's shrew (C. zaitsevi ) Zaphir's shrew (C. zaphiri) Zarudny's rock shrew (C. zarudnyi) Upemba shrew (C. zimmeri) Cretan shrew (C. zimmermanni) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Crocidurinae (continued) Diplomesodon Piebald shrew (D. pulchellus) Feroculus Kelaart's long-clawed shrew (F. feroculus) Palawanosorex Palawan moss shrew (P. muscorum) Paracrocidura (Large-headed shrews) Grauer's large-headed shrew (P. graueri) Greater large-headed shrew (P. maxima) Lesser large-headed shrew (P. schoutedeni) Ruwenzorisorex Ruwenzori shrew (R. suncoides) Scutisorex Hero shrew (S. somereni) Thor's hero shrew (S. thori) Solisorex Pearson's long-clawed shrew (S. pearsoni) Suncus Taita shrew (S. aequatorius) Black shrew (S. ater) Day's shrew (S. dayi) Etruscan shrew (S. etruscus) Sri Lankan shrew (S. fellowesgordoni) Bornean pygmy shrew (S. hosei) Least dwarf shrew (S. infinitesimus) Greater dwarf shrew (S. lixus) Madagascan pygmy shrew (S. madagascariensis) Malayan pygmy shrew (S. malayanus) Climbing shrew (S. megalura) Flores shrew (S. mertensi) Asian highland shrew (S. montanus) Asian house shrew (S. murinus) Remy's pygmy shrew (S. remyi) Anderson's shrew (S. stoliczkanus) Lesser dwarf shrew (S. varilla) Jungle shrew (S. zeylanicus) Sylvisorex (Forest shrews) Dudu Akaibe's pygmy shrew (S. akaibei) Cameroonian forest shrew (S. cameruniensis) Corbet's forest shrew (S. corbeti) Grant's forest shrew (S. granti) Howell's forest shrew (S. howelli) Bioko forest shrew (S. isabellae) Johnston's forest shrew (S. johnstoni) Kongana shrew (S. konganensis) Moon forest shrew (S. lunaris) Mount Cameroon forest shrew (S. morio) Greater forest shrew (S. ollula) Lesser forest shrew (S. oriundus) Rain forest shrew (S. pluvialis) Volcano shrew (S. vulcanorum) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Soricinae Anourosoricini Anourosorex (Asian mole shrews) Assam mole shrew (A. assamensis) Giant mole shrew (A. schmidi) Chinese mole shrew (A. squamipes) Taiwanese mole shrew (A. yamashinai) Blarinellini Blarinella (some Asiatic short-tailed shrews) Asiatic short-tailed shrew (B. quadraticauda) Burmese short-tailed shrew (B. wardi) Parablarinella (some Asiatic short-tailed shrews) Indochinese short-tailed shrew (P. griselda) Anhui short-tailed shrew (P. latimaxillata) Blarinini Blarina (American short-tailed shrews) Northern short-tailed shrew (B. brevicauda) Southern short-tailed shrew (B. carolinensis) Elliot's short-tailed shrew (B. hylophaga) Everglades short-tailed shrew (B. peninsulae) Sherman's short-tailed shrew (B. shermani) Cryptotis (Small-eared shrews) C. mexicana group Mexican small-eared shrew (C. mexicana) Nelson's small-eared shrew (C. nelsoni) Grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew (C. obscura) Phillips' small-eared shrew (C. phillipsii) C. goldmani set Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew (C. alticola) Goldman's broad-clawed shrew (C. goldmani) Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew (C. goodwini) Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew (C. griseoventris) C. lacertosus C. mam Oaxacan broad-clawed shrew (C. peregrina) C. nigrescens group Eastern Cordillera small-footed shrew (C. brachyonyx) Colombian small-eared shrew (C. colombiana) Honduran small-eared shrew (C. hondurensis) Yucatan small-eared shrew (C. mayensis) Darién small-eared shrew (C. mera) Merriam's small-eared shrew (C. merriami) Blackish small-eared shrew (C. nigrescens) C. thomasi group Southern Colombian small-eared shrew (C. andinus) Ecuadorian small-eared shrew (C. equatoris) Rainer's small-eared shrew (C. huttereri) Medellín small-eared shrew (C. medellinia) Merida small-eared shrew (C. meridensis) Wandering small-eared shrew (C. montivaga) Peruvian small-eared shrew (C. peruviensis) Scaly-footed small-eared shrew (C. squaipes) Tamá small-eared shrew (C. tamensis) Thomas's small-eared shrew (C. thomasi) C. parva group Central American least shrew (C. orophila) North American least shrew (C. parva) Tropical small-eared shrew (C. tropicalis) Ungrouped / relict Enders's small-eared shrew (C. endersi) Talamancan small-eared shrew (C. gracilis) Big Mexican small-eared shrew (C. magna) Nectogalini Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews) Malayan water shrew (C. hantu) Himalayan water shrew (C. himalayica) Bornean water shrew (C. phaeura) Japanese water shrew (C. platycephalus) Chinese water shrew (C. styani) Sumatran water shrew (C. sumatrana) Chodsigoa Van Sung's shrew (C. caovansunga) De Winton's shrew (C. hypsibia) Lamulate shrew (C. lamula) Lowe's shrew (C. parca) Pygmy brown-toothed shrew (C. parva) Salenski's shrew (C. salenskii) Smith's shrew (C. smithii) Lesser Taiwanese shrew (C. sodalis) Episoriculus Hodgsons's brown-toothed shrew (E. caudatus) Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew (E. fumidus) Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (E. leucops) Long-tailed mountain shrew (E. macrurus) Nectogale Elegant water shrew (N. elegans) Neomys Mediterranean water shrew (N. anomalus) Eurasian water shrew (N. fodiens) Transcaucasian water shrew (N. teres) Soriculus Himalayan shrew (S. nigrescens) Notiosoricini Megasorex Mexican shrew (M. gigas) Notiosorex Cockrum's gray shrew (N. cockrumi) Crawford's gray shrew (N. crawfordi) Large-eared gray shrew (N. evotis) Villa's gray shrew (N. villai) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Soricinae (tribe: Soricini) Sorex (Long-tailed shrews) Subgenus Otisorex Long-tailed shrew (S. dispar) Smoky shrew (S. fumeus) American pygmy shrew (S. hoyi) Large-toothed shrew (S. macrodon) Carmen mountain shrew (S. milleri) Dwarf shrew (S. nanus) Mexican long-tailed shrew (S. oreopolus) Orizaba long-tailed shrew (S. orizabae) Ornate shrew (S. ornatus) Inyo shrew (S. tenellus) Verapaz shrew (S. veraepacis) S. vagrans complex Glacier Bay water shrew (S. alaskanus) Baird's shrew (S. bairdii) Marsh shrew (S. bendirii) Montane shrew (S. monticolus) New Mexico shrew (S. neomexicanus) Pacific shrew (S. pacificus) American water shrew (S. palustris) Fog shrew (S. sonomae) Vagrant shrew (S. vagrans) S. cinereus group Kamchatka shrew (S. camtschatica) Cinereus shrew (S. cinereus) Prairie shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern shrew (S. longirostris) Mount Lyell shrew (S. lyelli) Portenko's shrew (S. portenkoi) Preble's shrew (S. preblei) Pribilof Island shrew (S. pribilofensis) Olympic shrew (S. rohweri) Barren ground shrew (S. ugyunak) Subgenus Sorex Dneper common shrew (S. averini) Lesser striped shrew (S. bedfordiae) Greater stripe-backed shrew (S. cylindricauda) Chinese highland shrew (S. excelsus) Azumi shrew (S. hosonoi) Chinese shrew (S. sinalis) Alaska tiny shrew (S. yukonicus) S. alpinus group Alpine shrew (S. alpinus) Ussuri shrew (S. mirabilis) S. araneus group Valais shrew (S. antinorii) Common shrew (S. araneus) Udine shrew (S. arunchi) Crowned shrew (S. coronatus) Siberian large-toothed shrew (S. daphaenodon) Iberian shrew (S. granarius) Caucasian shrew (S. satunini) S. arcticus group Arctic shrew (S. arcticus) Maritime shrew (S. maritimensis) S. tundrensis group Tien Shan shrew (S. asper) Gansu shrew (S. cansulus) Tundra shrew (S. tundrensis) S. minutus group Buchara shrew (S. buchariensis) Kozlov's shrew (S. kozlovi) Caucasian pygmy shrew (S. volnuchini) S. caecutiens group Laxmann's shrew (S. caecutiens) Taiga shrew (S. isodon) Eurasian least shrew (S. minutissimus) Eurasian pygmy shrew (S. minutus) Flat-skulled shrew (S. roboratus) Shinto shrew (S. shinto) Long-clawed shrew (S. unguiculatus) S. gracillimus group Slender shrew (S. gracillimus) S. raddei group Radde's shrew (S. raddei) S. samniticus group Apennine shrew (S. samniticus) incertae sedis Arizona shrew (S. arizonae) Zacatecas shrew (S. emarginatus) Merriam's shrew (S. merriami) Kashmir pygmy shrew (S. planiceps) Saussure's shrew (S. saussurei) Sclater's shrew (S. sclateri) San Cristobal shrew (S. stizodon) Tibetan shrew (S. thibetanus) Trowbridge's shrew (S. trowbridgii) Chestnut-bellied shrew (S. ventralis) Veracruz shrew (S. veraecrucis) Family: Soricidae subfamily: Myosoricinae Congosorex (Congo shrews) Phillips's shrew (C. phillipsorum) Greater Congo shrew (C. polli) Lesser Congo shrew (C. verheyeni) Myosorex (Mouse shrews) Babault's mouse shrew (M. babaulti) Montane mouse shrew (M. blarina) Bururi forest shrew (M. bururiensis) Dark-footed mouse shrew (M. cafer) Eisentraut's mouse shrew (M. eisentrauti) Geata mouse shrew (M. geata) Nyika mouse shrew (M. gnoskei) Kihaule's mouse shrew (M. kihaulei) Long-tailed forest shrew (M. longicaudatus) Oku mouse shrew (M. okuensis) Rumpi mouse shrew (M. rumpii) Schaller's mouse shrew (M. schalleri) Sclater's mouse shrew (M. sclateri) Thin mouse shrew (M. tenuis) Forest shrew (M. varius) Kilimanjaro mouse shrew (M. zinki) Surdisorex (African mole shrews) Aberdare mole shrew (S. norae) Mount Kenya mole shrew (S. polulus) Family: Talpidae Scalopinae (New World moles and relatives) Condylura Star-nosed mole (C. cristata) Parascalops Hairy-tailed mole (P. breweri) Scalopus Eastern mole (S. aquaticus) Scapanulus Gansu mole (S. oweni) Scapanus (Western North American moles) Broad-footed mole (S. latimanus) Coast mole (S. orarius) Townsend's mole (S. townsendii) Talpinae (Old World moles and relatives) Desmana Russian desman (D. moschata) Dymecodon True's shrew mole (D. pilirostris) Euroscaptor Greater Chinese mole (E. grandis) Kloss's mole (E. klossi) Long-nosed mole (E. longirostris) Himalayan mole (E. micrura) Small-toothed mole (E. parvidens) Vietnamese mole (E. subanura) Galemys Pyrenean desman (G. pyrenaicus) Mogera Echigo mole (M. etigo) Insular mole (M. insularis) Kano mole (M. kanoana) Kobe mole (M. kobeae) Small Japanese mole (M. imaizumii) Large mole (M. robusta) Sado mole (M. tokudae) Japanese mole (M. wogura) Senkaku mole (M. uchidai) Neurotrichus American shrew mole (N. gibbsii) Oreoscaptor Japanese mountain mole (O. mizura) Parascaptor White-tailed mole (P. leucura) Scaptochirus Short-faced mole (S. moschatus) Scaptonyx Long-tailed mole (S. fusicaudus) Talpa Altai mole (T. altaica) Aquitanian mole (T. aquitania) Blind mole (T. caeca) Caucasian mole (T. caucasica) European mole (T. europaea) Père David's mole (T. davidiana) Levant mole (T. levantis) Martino's mole (T. martinorum) Iberian mole (T. occidentalis) Ognev's mole (T. ognevi) Roman mole (T. romana) Balkan mole (T. stankovici) Talysch mole (T. talyschensis) Urotrichus Japanese shrew mole (U. talpoides) Uropsilinae (Chinese shrew-like moles) Uropsilus Equivalent-teeth shrew mole (U. aequodonenia) Anderson's shrew mole (U. andersoni) Black-backed shrew mole (U. atronates) Dabie Mountains shrew mole (U. dabieshanensis) Gracile shrew mole (U. gracilis) Inquisitive shrew mole (U. investigator) Snow Mountain shrew mole (U. nivatus) Chinese shrew mole (U. soricipes) Family: Solenodontidae Atopogale Cuban solenodon (A. cubana) Solenodon Hispaniolan solenodon (S. paradoxus)

Taxon identifiers Sorex Wikidata: Q5607349 Wikispecies: Sorex ADW: Sorex BOLD: 3032 CoL: 7JRJ EoL: 10807 EPPO: 1SORXG Fauna Europaea: 305467 Fauna Europaea (new): 36e29c4d-c2aa-49a1-a1cf-db1f6ca67771 GBIF: 2435935 iNaturalist: 46342 IRMNG: 1198421 ITIS: 179928 MSW: 13700452 NBN: NBNSYS0000005080 NCBI: 9379 Paleobiology Database: 40486 Plazi: 45C3CB94-575E-4AA7-8E1C-F69293B92FED ZooBank: 3B190350-4D95-48F4-9683-BEA1A25171CA

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