{{Short description|Subfamily of mammals}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Soricinae<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Hutterer | pages = 267–300}}</ref> | fossil_range = Early Oligocene to Recent | image = BairdShrew23.jpg | image_caption = Baird's shrew (''Sorex bairdi'') | taxon = Soricinae | authority = Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 | subdivision_ranks = Tribes | subdivision = *Anourosoricini *Blarinellini *Blarinini *Nectogalini *Notiosoricini *Soricini }}
The '''red-toothed shrews''' of the subfamily '''Soricinae''' are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamilies Limnoecinae, Crocidosoricinae, Allosoricinae and Heterosoricinae. These species are typically found in North America, northern South America, Europe and northern Asia. The enamel of the tips of their teeth is reddish due to iron pigment. The iron deposits serve to harden the enamel and are concentrated in those parts of the teeth most subject to wear.<ref name = "Strait">{{cite journal | last = Strait | first = S. G. |author2=Smith, S. C. | title = Elemental Analysis Of Soricine Enamel: Pigmentation Variation and Distribution in Molars of ''Blarina Brevicauda'' | journal = Journal of Mammalogy | volume = 87 | issue = 4 | pages = 700–705 | publisher = American Society of Mammalogists | date = August 2006 | doi = 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-265R4.1 | doi-access = free }}</ref> Members of the genera ''Chimarrogale'', ''Nectogale'', ''Neomys'' (Nectogalini) and some members of ''Sorex'' (Soricini) are known as water shrews, due to having a semi-aquatic lifestyle.
==Species== {{further|List of soricines}} The list of species is:<ref name=msw3/><ref name="Science daily shrew">{{cite web | title = New Species Of Desert Shrew Found In Southern Arizona | work = ScienceDaily | url = https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040130074738.htm | access-date = 2006-05-14}}</ref>
* Tribe Anourosoricini ** Genus ''Anourosorex'' (Asian mole shrews) *** Assam mole shrew, ''A. assamensis'' *** Giant mole shrew, ''A. schmidi'' *** Chinese mole shrew, ''A. squamipes'' *** Taiwanese mole shrew, ''A. yamashinai'' * Tribe Blarinellini ** Genus ''Blarinella'' (some Asiatic short-tailed shrews) *** Asiatic short-tailed shrew, ''B. quadraticauda'' *** Burmese short-tailed shrew, ''B. wardi'' ** Genus ''Parablarinella'' (some Asiatic short-tailed shrews) *** Indochinese short-tailed shrew, ''P. griselda'' *** Anhui short-tailed shrew, ''P. latimaxillata'' * Tribe Blarinini ** Genus ''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'' ** Genus ''Cryptotis'' (small-eared shrews) *** ''Cryptotis mexicana'' group **** Mexican small-eared shrew, ''C. mexicana'' **** Nelson's small-eared shrew, ''C. nelsoni'' **** Grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew, ''C. obscura'' **** Phillips's small-eared shrew, ''C. phillipsii'' **** ''Cryptotis 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''<ref name="Woodman">{{Cite journal | last = Woodman | first = Neal | title = Two new species of shrews (Soricidae) from the western highlands of Guatemala | journal = Journal of Mammalogy | volume = 91 | issue = 3 | pages = 566–579 | publisher = American Society of Mammalogists | date = June 2010 | doi = 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-346.1 | doi-access = free }}</ref> ***** ''C. mam''<ref name = "Woodman"/> ***** Oaxacan broad-clawed shrew, ''C. peregrina'' *** ''Cryptotis 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'' *** ''Cryptotis thomasi'' group **** Ecuadoran small-eared shrew, ''C. equatoris'' **** 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 or Western Colombian small-eared shrew, ''C. squamipes'' **** Tamá small-eared shrew, ''C. tamensis'' **** Thomas's small-eared shrew, ''C. thomasi'' *** ''Cryptotis 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'' thumb|right|200px|Southern water shrew (''Neomys anomalus'') * Tribe Nectogalini ** Genus ''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'' ** Genus ''Chodsigoa'' *** Van Sung's shrew, ''C. cauvansunga'' ***''Chodsigoa furva'' (Anthony, 1941) ***''Chodsigoa hoffmanni'' Zhong-Zheng Chen et al., 2017 *** De Winton's shrew, ''C. hypsibia'' *** Lamulate shrew, ''C. lamula'' (''Soriculus 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'' ** Genus ''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'' ** Genus ''Nectogale'' *** Elegant water shrew, ''N. elegans'' ** Genus ''Neomys'' (Eurasian water shrews) *** Mediterranean water shrew, ''N. anomalus'' *** Eurasian water shrew, ''N. fodiens'' *** Transcaucasian water shrew, ''N. teres'' ** Genus †''Nesiotites'' *** Balearic shrew, †''N. hidalgo'' (Extinct c. 2000 BC) ** Genus †''Asoriculus'' *** Sardinian shrew, †A''. similis'' (Extinct: Holocene) ** Genus ''Soriculus'' *** Himalayan shrew, ''S. nigrescens'' * Tribe Notiosoricini<ref name="msw3" /><ref name="Carraway2010">{{cite journal | url=https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol70/iss2/2 | title=Fossil history of ''Notiosorex'' (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) shrews with descriptions of new species | author=Carraway, L. N. | journal=Western North American Naturalist | year=2010 | volume=70 | issue=2 | pages=144–163 | doi=10.3398/064.070.0202 | s2cid=86042657 | issn=1527-0904| url-access=subscription }}</ref> ** Genus ''Megasorex'' *** Mexican shrew, ''M. gigas'' ** Genus ''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'' *** {{extinct}}''N. repenningi'' *** {{extinct}}''N. jacksoni'' *** {{extinct}}''N. harrisi'' *** {{extinct}}''N. dalquesti'' * Tribe Soricini ** Genus ''Sorex'' (long-tailed shrews) *** Subgenus ''Otisorex'' **** Long-tailed shrew, ''Sorex dispar'' **** Smoky shrew, ''Sorex fumeus'' **** American pygmy shrew, ''Sorex hoyi'' **** Large-toothed shrew, ''Sorex macrodon'' **** Carmen Mountain shrew, ''Sorex milleri'' **** Dwarf shrew, ''Sorex nanus'' **** Mexican long-tailed shrew, ''Sorex oreopolus'' **** Orizaba long-tailed shrew, ''Sorex orizabae'' **** Ornate shrew, ''Sorex ornatus'' **** Inyo shrew, ''Sorex tenellus'' **** Verapaz shrew, ''Sorex veraepacis'' **** ''Sorex ixtlanensis'' (Carraway, 2007) **** ''Sorex vagrans'' complex ***** Glacier Bay water shrew, ''Sorex alaskanus'' ***** Baird's shrew, ''Sorex bairdii'' ***** Marsh shrew, ''Sorex bendirii'' ***** Montane shrew, ''Sorex monticolus'' ***** New Mexico shrew, ''Sorex neomexicanus'' ***** Pacific shrew, ''Sorex pacificus'' ***** American water shrew, ''Sorex palustris'' ***** Fog shrew, ''Sorex sonomae'' ***** Vagrant shrew, ''Sorex vagrans'' **** ''Sorex cinereus'' group ***** Kamchatka shrew, ''Sorex camtschatica'' ***** Cinereus shrew, ''Sorex cinereus'' ***** Prairie shrew, ''Sorex haydeni'' ***** Saint Lawrence Island shrew, ''Sorex jacksoni'' ***** Paramushir shrew, ''Sorex leucogaster'' ***** Southeastern shrew, ''Sorex longirostris'' ***** Mount Lyell shrew, ''Sorex lyelli'' ***** Portenko's shrew, ''Sorex portenkoi'' ***** Preble's shrew, ''Sorex preblei'' ***** Pribilof Island shrew, ''Sorex pribilofensis'' ***** Olympic shrew, ''Sorex rohweri'' ***** Barren ground shrew, ''Sorex ugyunak'' *** Subgenus ''Sorex'' **** Dneper common shrew, ''Sorex averini'' **** Lesser striped shrew, ''Sorex bedfordiae'' **** Stripe-backed shrew, ''Sorex cylindricauda'' **** Chinese highland shrew, ''Sorex excelsus'' **** Azumi shrew, ''Sorex hosonoi'' **** Chinese shrew, ''Sorex sinalis'' **** Alaska tiny shrew, ''Sorex yukonicus'' **** ''Sorex alpinus'' group ***** Alpine shrew, ''Sorex alpinus'' ***** Ussuri shrew, ''Sorex mirabilis'' **** ''Sorex araneus'' group ***** Valais shrew, ''Sorex antinorii'' ***** Common shrew, ''Sorex araneus'' ***** Udine shrew, ''Sorex arunchi'' ***** Millet's shrew, ''Sorex coronatus'' ***** Siberian large-toothed shrew, ''Sorex daphaenodon'' ***** Iberian shrew, ''Sorex granarius'' ***** Caucasian shrew, ''Sorex satunini'' **** ''Sorex arcticus'' group ***** Arctic shrew, ''Sorex arcticus'' ***** Maritime shrew, ''Sorex maritimensis'' **** ''Sorex tundrensis'' group ***** Tien Shan shrew, ''Sorex asper'' ***** Gansu shrew, ''Sorex cansulus'' ***** Tundra shrew, ''Sorex tundrensis'' **** ''Sorex minutus'' group ***** Buchara shrew, ''Sorex buchariensis'' ***** Kozlov's shrew, ''Sorex kozlovi'' ***** Caucasian pygmy shrew, ''Sorex volnuchini'' **** ''Sorex caecutiens'' group ***** Laxmann's shrew, ''Sorex caecutiens'' ***** Taiga shrew, ''Sorex isodon'' ***** Eurasian least shrew, ''Sorex minutissimus'' ***** Eurasian pygmy shrew, ''Sorex minutus'' ***** Flat-skulled shrew, ''Sorex roboratus'' ***** Shinto shrew, ''Sorex shinto'' ***** Long-clawed shrew, ''Sorex unguiculatus'' **** ''Sorex gracillimus'' group ***** Slender shrew, ''Sorex gracillimus'' **** ''Sorex raddei'' group ***** Radde's shrew, ''Sorex raddei'' **** ''Sorex samniticus'' group ***** Apennine shrew, ''Sorex samniticus'' *** Subgenus ''incertae sedis'' **** Arizona shrew, ''Sorex arizonae'' **** Zacatecas shrew, ''Sorex emarginatus'' **** Merriam's shrew, ''Sorex merriami'' **** Kashmir pygmy shrew, ''Sorex planiceps'' **** Saussure's shrew, ''Sorex saussurei'' **** ''Sorex mediopua'' (Carraway, 2007) **** Sclater's shrew, ''Sorex sclateri'' **** San Cristobal shrew, ''Sorex stizodon'' **** Tibetan shrew, ''Sorex thibetanus'' **** Trowbridge's shrew, ''Sorex trowbridgii'' **** Chestnut-bellied shrew, ''Sorex ventralis'' **** Veracruz shrew, ''Sorex veraecrucis''
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Eulipotyphla}}
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