Sorex

Sorex Linnaeus, 1758

Sorex Linnaeus, 1758; ; TS: Sorex araneus Linnaeus
Amphisorex
Corsira
Homalurus
Oxyrhin
Soricidus
Eurosorex Stroganov, 1952; ; TS: Sorex buchariensis Ognev
Ognevia Heptner & Dolgov, 1967; ; TS: Sorex mirabilis Ognev

660x475 (~99Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 21.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

573x585 (~104Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 21.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Sorex minutissimus Zimmermann, 1780 NEU - Siberia, Sakhalin, Hokkaido. See [maps] Kääpiöpäästäinen Least shrew Least Siberian Shrew
- Sorex minutissimus Zimmermann, 1780; ; TL: Yenesei, Siberia
- burneyi ; (Baikal)
- czekanovskii
- exilis
- neglectus
- Sorex minimus Gmelin, 1793; Syst. Nat. (of Linnaeus 13th ed., augmented and corrected): 160; TL: Yenesei
- minutissimus carelicus (Stroganov, ?1949); Key to Mammals of Karelia; TL: Near Lake Suoyarvi, SW. Karelia, USSR
- minutissimus barabensis (Stroganov, 1956); Trudy biol. naucho-issled. Inst. perm. gos. Univ. 1 zool.:11-14; TL: Novosibirsk Oblast, W. Siberia
- Sorex tscherskii abnormis Stroganov, 1949; Uchen zap. tomsk. Gros. Univ. 12: 187-188; TL: Near Chelkara, Kazakhstan
- Sorex minutissimus stroganovi Yudin, 1964; Acta theriol. 8: 167-179; TL: Upper basin of River Yusid, S.E. Altai Mts, Siberia
- Sorex minutissimus caudata Yudin, 1964; Acta theriol. 8: 167-179; TL: Near Kibizen, River Biya, NE. Altai Mts, Siberia
- minutissimus tscherskii (Ognev, 1913); ; TL: Ussuri Region, E.Siberia
- ussuriensis
- tscherskii tschuktschorum (Stroganov, 1949); Uchen zap. tomsk. Gros. Univ. 12: 187-188; TL: Anadir, Markov, NE. Siberia
- minutissimus hawkeri (Thomas, 1906); ; TL: ?Honsu, Japan
Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 EU, Siberia - Yenesei, Baikal, C.Asia - Kashmir, Nepal. See [maps] Vaivaispäästäinen Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Pygmy Shrew
- Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766; ; TL: Barnaul, W. Siberia
- pygmaeus
- canaliculatus ; (Sweden)
- gmelini
- gymnurus ; (Greece)
- hibernicus ; (Ireland)
- insulaebellae ; (Belle Isle, France)
- ?kastchenkoi ; (W. Siberia)
- lucanius ; (S. Italy)
- melanderi ; (European Russia)
- pumilio ; (Germany)
- pumilus
- rusticus ; (England)
- volnuchini ; (Caucasus)
- Sorex exiguus Brink, 1952; ; TL: Applescha, Frise, Netherlands
- Sorex minutus becki Lehmann, 1963; ; TL: Silum, Liechtenstein
- Sorex minutus carpatanus Rey, 1971; ; TL: Sierra de Guadarrama, Madris, Spain
- minutus thibetanus (Kastschenko, 1905); ; TL: Tsaidam, central China
- minutus planiceps (Miller, 1911); ; TL: Kashmir
- Sorex minutus heptopotamicus Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. nauchno-issled. Inst. perm. gos.Univ. 1 zool.: 11-14; TL: Ala-Tau, Tien Shan, China
Sorex gracillimus Thomas, 1907 Okhotsk - N.Korea, Sakhalin, Shantar, Hokkaido, Kuriles. See [maps] Slender Shrew
- Sorex minutus gracillimus Thomas, 1907; Darine, 25 miles NW of Korsakoff, Sakhalin Island
- ?hyojironis ; (Manchuria)
- ?leucogaster ; (Amamushira, N. Kurile Is.)
- ?yamashinai
Sorex caecutiens Laxmann, 1788 NEU, Siberia (taiga and tundra zones), Mongolia, Kansu, Korea, Sakhalin, Hokkaido, N.Honsu, Shikoku. See [maps] Idänpäästäinen Laxmann's Shrew
- Sorex caecutiens Laxmann, 1788; ; TL: Lake Baikal, Siberia
- altaicus
- annexus ; (Korea)
- araneoides ; (Baikal)
- buxtoni ; (Sea of Okhotsk)
- centralis ; (Sayan Mts)
- koreni ; (Kolyma River)
- lapponicus ; (N. Sweden)
- macropygmaeus ; (Kamchatka)
- pleskei ; (European Russia)
- rozanovi
- tasicus ; (W. Siberia)
- tungussensis
- Sorex macropygmaeus karpinskii Dehnel, 1949; ; TL: Bialowiez Forest,Poland
- caecutiens shinto (Thomas, 1905); ; TL: Shikoku, Japan
- Sorex chouei Imaizumi, 1954; ; TL: Kitazawa-toge, Akaishi Mts, Nagano Pref., Honshu, Japan
- caecutiens shikokensis (Abe, 1967); ; TL: Mt Shimokabuto (900m). Niihama City, Ehime Pref., Shikoku, Japan
- caecutiens saevus (Thomas, 1907)
- savenus
- caecutiens cansulus (Thomas, 1912); ; TL: Kansu, China
Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 EU, Siberia. See [maps] Metsäpäästäinen Eurasian common shrew Common Shrew
- Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL: S.Sweden
- alticola
- bergensis
- bohemicus
- bolkayi
- carpathicus
- castaneus ; (England)
- concinnus
- coronatus
- crassicaudatus
- cskikii
- daubentonii
- eleonorae
- euronotus
- fodiens (Duvernoy)
- fretalis ; (Jersey)
- granti ; (Islay, Inner Hebrides)
- hermanni
- ignotus
- iochanseni
- labiosus
- macrotrichus
- melanodon
- mollis
- monsvairani
- nigra
- nuda
- pallidus
- personatus
- petrovi
- peucinus
- pulcher ; (Terschelling Is., Holland)
- pyrenaicus
- quadricaudatus
- rhinolophus
- roboratus ; (Altai)
- samniticus ; (S.Italy)
- santonus
- schnitnikovi ; (SE. Kazakhstan)
- tetragonurus
- tomensis
- uralensis
- vulgaris
- Blarina pyrrhonota Jentink, 1910
- araneus garganicus (Pasa, 1953); Mem. Biogeogr. adriat. 2: 1-23; TL: Monte Negro, Cagnano Varano, Gargano, Italy
- araneus wettsteini (Bauer, 1960); Bonn. zool. Beitr. 11: 141-344; TL: Neusiedler See, Burgenland, Austria
- araneus silanus (Lehmann, 1961); Zool. Anz. 167: 214-229; TL: Camigliatello, Silano, Calabria, Italy
- araneus hülleri (Lehmann, 1966); Säugetierk. Mitt. 14: 127-133; TL: Elmpter Schwalmbruch, Kr. Erkelenz, Niederrhein, W.Germany
- Sorex gemellus Ott, 1968; ; TL: Rhone Valley, Switzerland
- Sorex araneus, Metsäpäästäisen kromosomipolymorfia [Liisa Halkka]
identification uncertain 970x540 (~86Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 28.7.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov
Sorex isodon Turov, 1924 Siberia. See [maps] Korpipäästäinen Graves shrew
- Sorex araneus tomensis isodon Turov, 1924
- gravesi ; (?)
- Sorex isodon princeps Skalon & Rajevsky, 1940
Sorex sinalis Thomas, 1912 China. See [maps] Dusky Shrew
- Sorex sinalis Thomas, 1912; ; TL: 45 miles SE of Feng-hsiang-fu, Shensi, China (10 500 ft)
Sorex raddei Satunin, 1895 Caucasus - Asia Minor. See [maps] Radde's Shrew
- Sorex raddei Satunin, 1895; ; TL: Near Kutais, Georgia, USSR
- batis ; (NE. Asia Minor)
Sorex caucasicus Satunin, 1913 Asia Minor. See [maps] Caucasian Shrew
- Sorex caucasicus Satunin, 1913; ; TL: Bakuryani, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR
Sorex granarius Miller, 1910 Spain. See [maps]
- Sorex araneus granarius Miller, 1910; ; TL: Segovia, Spain
Sorex asper Thomas, 1914 Kirgizia (Tien Shan), Sinkiang. See [maps] Tien Shan Shrew
- Sorex asper Thomas, 1914; ; TL: Tekes Valley, Tien Shan, Central Asia
Sorex excelsus Allen, 1923 Yunnan. See [maps]
- Sorex asper excelsus Allen, 1923; ; TL: Yunnan, China
Sorex vir Allen, 1914 E.Siberia, Altai, N.Mongolia, Baikal, Vladivostok. See [maps] Flat-skulled Shrew
- Sorex vir Allen, 1914; ; TL: Nijni Kolyms, near mouth of Kolyma River, NE. Siberia
- vir jacutensis (Dukelski, 1933); ; TL: W. Yakutia and Yenesei
- dukelskiae
- turuchanensis
- vir thomasi (Ognev, 1921)
- vir plaatycranius (Ognev, 1921)
Sorex arcticus Kerr, 1792 Siberia, Alaska - Nova Scotia. See [maps] Arctic Shrew
- Sorex arcticus Kerr, 1792; 206; TL: Ontario, Canada
- arcticus borealis (Kastschenko, 1905); ; TL: Tomsk, Sibera
- amasari ; (Amur to Baikal)
- baikalensis
- irkutensis ; (Baikal)
- jenissejensis ; (Sayan Mts)
- midendorfi ; (Lower Yenesei)
- petschorae ; (Petchora)
- sibiriensis
- ultimus ; (Kolyma)
- Sorex jenissejensis margarita Fetisov, 1950; Isz. biologo-geogr. nauchno-issled. Inst. Irkutsk 10(4): 9-10; TL: Upper River Misvki, Khamar-Daban, E.Siberia
- Sorex arcticus transrypheus Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. nauchno-issled. Inst. perm. gos. Univ. 1 zool.: 3-10; TL: Near Kustanaya, N. Kazakhstan
Sorex cinereus Kerr, 1792 Anadyr - Kamchatka, Kurile Islands, NA. See [maps] Masked Shrew
- Sorex arcticus cinereus Kerr, 1792; 206; TL: Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada
- Sorex cinereus portenkoi Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. nauchno-issled. Inst. perm. gos. Univ. 1 zool.: 11-14; TL: Poberejhe Anadirsk estuary, near Anadyr, NE. Siberia
- Sorex cinereus caecutienoides Stroganov, 1957; ; TL: Yakutiya, Megino-Kangalask Region, Khaptagaisk, Siberia
- Sorex beringianus Yudin, 1967; ; TL: Paramushir, Kurile Islands, USSR
- Sorex cinereus camtschatica Yudin, 1972; ; TL: Kambalnaya Bay, Kamschatka, USSR
Sorex hosonoi Imaizumi, 1954 Honsu
- Sorex hosonoi Imaizumi, 1954; Bull. natn. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 1: 94; TL: Tokiwa Mura Kita-Azumi Gun, Nagano Pref., Honsu, Japan
- Sorex hosonoi shiroumanus Imaizumi, 1954; Bull. natn. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 1: 97; TL: Mt. Shirouma (c. 2900 m), Japanese Alps, Honshu
Sorex unguiculatus Dobson, 1890 Vladivostok - Amur, Sakhalin, Hokkaido. See [maps] Long-clawed Shrew
- Sorex unguiculatus Dobson, 1890; ; TL: Sakhalin
- yesoensis ; (Hokkaido)
Sorex daphaenodon Thomas, 1907 Siberia, Shakhalin, Paramushir, Mongolia, Manchuria. See [maps] Large-toothed Shrew
- Sorex daphaenodon Thomas, 1907; ; TL: Dariné, 25 miles NW of Korsakoff, Sakhalin
- daphaenodon sanguinidens (Allen, 1914); ; TL: near mouth of Kolyma River
- daphaenodon orii (Koruda, 1933); ; TL: paramushir, Kurile Is.
- daphaenodon scaloni (Ognev, 1933); ; TL: Tutukhansk dist.
Sorex buchariensis Ognev, 1921 Pamirs, Tadzhikistan, E.Tibet. See [maps] Pamir Shrew
- Sorex buchariensis Ognev, 1921; ; TL: River Davan-su, NW Russian Pamir Mts
- Sorex kozlovi Stroganov, 1952; ; TL: Kam. River Dze-Tchyou, Upper Mekong, E. Tibet
Sorex mirabilis Ognev, 1937 N.Korea, Ussuri. See [maps] Giant Shrew
- Sorex mirabilis Ognev, 1937; ; TL: Kishinka River, Ussuri region, E. Siberia
- Sorex mirabilis kutscheruki Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. nauchno-issled. Inst. perm. gos. Univ. 1 zool.: 11-14; TL: Bektan, North Korea
Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1837 CEU, Pyrenees, Balkans, Carpathians, Tatra, Sudeten, Harz, Jura. See [maps] Alpine Shrew
- Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1837; ; TL: St. Gothard Pass, Switzerland
- ?intermedius
- ?longobarda ; (Italy)
- hercynicus ; (Harz Mts)
- Sorex alpinus tatricus Kratochvil & Rosicky, 1952a; ; TL: High Tatra Mountains, Czechoslovakia
Sorex cylindricauda Milne-Edwards, 1872 Szechuan. See [maps] Greater Striped Shrew
- Sorex cylindricauda Milne-Edwards, 1872; ; TL: Moupin, W. Szechuan, China
Sorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911 China (S.Kansu - Yunnan), Burma, Nepal. See [maps] Lesser Striped Shrew
- Sorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911; ; TL: Omisan (9500ft), Szechuan,China
- fumeolus
- bedfordiae wardi (Thomas, 1911); ; TL: Kansu
- bedfordiae gomphus (Alle, 1923); ; TL: Yunnan
- Sorex cylindricauda nepalensis Weigel, 1969; ; TL: Ringmo, NE. Nepal (3920m)

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