Suncus murinus

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Asian House Shrew

Side view. Formerly Soricomorpha. Also as Asian Musk Shrew|Gray Musk Shrew|Indian Musk Shrew.
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Location:USA, DC, Washington, National Zoological ParkDate taken:Unknown

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 022

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Superfamily : Soricoidea
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Suncus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946270

Original name as described

Sorex murinus

Other common names

Asian Musk Shrew · Gray Musk Shrew · Indian Musk Shrew

Type locality

"Java, " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Sri Lanka · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · China · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · East Timor

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004067

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 120 names and synonyms.

Sorex murinus

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

murinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946270

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1766:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  2. Boddaert (1772:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  3. Erxleben (1777:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Borowski (1780:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  5. Zimmermann (1783:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  6. Boddaert (1785:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  7. Kerr (1792:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  8. Turton (1802:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  9. Treviranus (1803:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  10. Goldfuss (1809:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  11. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67764)
  12. Muirhead (1819:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  13. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
  14. Fischer (1829:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  15. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
  16. Lesson (1836:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  17. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  18. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  19. Kelaart (1852:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  20. Blyth (1855:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39412)
  21. Giebel (1855:904, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  22. Tomes (1856:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2245482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67817)
  23. Horsfield (1857:399, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  24. Blyth (1863:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  25. Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  26. Jerdon (1867:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  27. Kelaart (1890:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Sorex myosurus

(Pallas, 1785)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

myosurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10118422

Authority publication

Acta Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811:185, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67764)
  2. Desmarest (1821:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Schinz (1821:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
  5. Lesson (1827:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Fischer (1829:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  7. Lesson (1836:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  8. Blainville (1838:741, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68639)
  9. Swinhoe (1870:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69151)
  10. Wallace (1880:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68070)

Sorex caerulaeus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caerulaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664231

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:207, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Sorex pilorides

(G. K. Shaw, 1796)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pilorides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29568761

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Goldfuss (1809:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  2. Gray (1838:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34967)

Sorex caerulescens

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caerulescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

533

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632677

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1836:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  2. Blyth (1855:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39412)
  3. Tomes (1856:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2245485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67817)
  4. Blyth (1863:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  5. Jerdon (1867:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Sorex Cæruleus

(W. Turton, 1802)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

caeruleus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772928

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Turton (1802:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)

Sorex Capensis

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406981

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67764)
  2. Illiger (1815:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Desmarest (1821:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  4. Schinz (1821:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  5. Lesson (1827:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  6. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34993560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67434)
  7. Lesson (1836:240, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  8. Smith (1845:pl. 45 (fig. 1), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67657)

Sorex indicus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406980

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67764)
  2. Desmarest (1821:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Schinz (1821:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Griffith (1822:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  5. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
  6. Lesson (1827:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  7. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34993560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67434)
  8. Sykes (1831:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
  9. Hodgson (1841:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
  10. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  11. Temminck (1843:pl. 4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)
  12. Hodgson (1844:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  13. Giebel (1855:905, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45549096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  14. Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Sorex giganteus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

giganteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-23 (= MNHN:type:239) (= MNHN-ZM-AC-A1255) (= MNHN "65")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-23

Authority page

326

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395898

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:326, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395898) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34993563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67434)
  3. Fischer (1829:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
  5. Lesson (1836:236, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  6. Smith (1842:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  7. Gistel (1848:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  8. Chenu (1852:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14470749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69491)

Sorex Sonneratii

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sonneratii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2011-17 (= MNHN:type:240) (= MNHN "66")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2011-17

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34993558

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34993558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67434)
  2. Fischer (1829:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
  4. Lesson (1836:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

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