Sorex araneus

Linnaeus, 1758

Common Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Soricinae
Tribe : Soricini
Genus : Sorex
Subgenus : Sorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033864

Original name as described

Sorex Araneus

Other common names

Eurasian Shrew · European Shrew

Type locality

"in Europe cryptis"; restricted to Uppsala, Sweden by O. Thomas (1911).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

United Kingdom · Spain · France · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Italy · Liechtenstein · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Turkey · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Kazakhstan · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

includes averini

Taxonomy notes citation

Mishta, A. V. (2007). Morphometric variation of the common shrew Sorex araneus in Ukraine, in relation to geoclimatic factors and karyotype. Russian Journal of Theriology, 6(1), 51-62.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004217

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sorex Araneus

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Soricidae

Root name

araneus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033864

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Berkenhout (1769:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25813723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68488)
  4. Boddaert (1772:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  5. Müller (1776:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  6. Erxleben (1777:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  7. Leske (1779:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  8. Borowski (1780:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  9. Zimmermann (1783:160, 167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  10. Zimmermann (1783:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  11. Boddaert (1785:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  12. Gmelin (1788:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751334) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  13. Kerr (1792:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  14. Borkhausen (1797:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  15. Daudin (1802:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  16. Turton (1802:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772927) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  17. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  18. Goldfuss (1809:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  19. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67764)
  20. Fischer (1814:x, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  21. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  22. Voigt (1819:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  23. Nilsson (1820:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  24. Hemprich (1820:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  25. Desmarest (1821:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  26. Schinz (1821:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  27. Griffith (1822:278, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  28. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
  29. Billberg (1827:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  30. Lesson (1827:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  31. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34993544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67434)
  32. Fischer (1829:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  33. Eichwald (1831:383, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  34. Baillon (1834:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67511)
  35. Melchior (1834:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  36. Lesson (1836:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  37. S.D.W. (1836:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2508317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43690)
  38. Schinz (1837:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13859849) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67792)
  39. Nordmann (1839:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63252055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69245)
  40. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  41. Smith (1842:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  42. Chenu (1850:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14470749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69491)
  43. Blyth (1863:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  44. Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  45. Mottaz (1908:118, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924071898765?urlappend=%3Bseq=126%3Bownerid=27021597769213693-130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69364)
  46. Miller (1912:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  47. Ognëv (1913:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14956471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36183)
  48. Allen (1914:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12808577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66393)
  49. Turov (1924:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68960)
  50. Ognëv (1925:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68860)
  51. Altobello (1926:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67798)
  52. Wettstein (1927:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67753)
  53. Stroganov (1936:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68951)
  54. Đulić & Vidinić (1967:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68691)
  55. Kurtén (1968:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  56. Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  57. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  58. Van Kolfschoten (1985:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68055)
  59. Corbet & Hill (1991:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  60. Hutterer (1993:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  61. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  62. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  63. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  64. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  65. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  66. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  67. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29661/115170489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus araneus

(Rutty, 1772)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

araneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

282

Authority publication

Dublin

Name usages

Rutty (1772:282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36845)

Sorex (tetragonurus)

Hermann in E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tetragonurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

383

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Boddaert (1785:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  3. Borkhausen (1797:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  4. Goldfuss (1809:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  5. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1811:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67764)
  6. Ranzani (1820:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  7. Desmarest (1821:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  8. Schinz (1821:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  9. Griffith (1822:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  10. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1827:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25395892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41021)
  11. Lesson (1827:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  12. Fischer (1829:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  13. Baillon (1834:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34171226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67511)
  14. Lesson (1836:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  15. Smith (1842:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  16. Crespon (1844:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)
  17. Chenu (1850:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14470750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69491)
  18. Loche (1858:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  19. Loche (1867:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68800)
  20. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex quadricaudatus

Kerr, 1792

Family

Soricidae

Root name

quadricaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664232

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex vulgaris

Ranzani, 1820

Family

Soricidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807796

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

  1. Ranzani (1820:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  2. Blainville (1838:740, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68639)
  3. Nilsson (1847:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43232)
  4. Fitzinger (1855:422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  5. Rosenhauer (1856:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42185389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69178)
  6. Schrenck (1859:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  7. Radde (1861:678, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  8. Radde (1862:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  9. Murray (1866:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  10. Allen (1895:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
  11. Schulze (1897:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  12. Acloque (1900:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  13. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex Daubentonii

G. Cuvier, 1829

Family

Soricidae

Root name

daubentonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33373969

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex concinnus

Wagler, 1832

Family

Soricidae

Root name

concinnus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22002

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26454910

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex melanodon

Wagler, 1832

Family

Soricidae

Root name

melanodon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 21995, ZMB 83298, ZMB 83299

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26454910

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex rhinolophus

Wagler, 1832

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rhinolophus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22001

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26454910

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex fodiens

Duvernoy, 1835

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fodiens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33961684

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg

Name usages

Lesson (1836:233, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Corsira vulgaris

(J. E. Gray, 1838)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · nomen_novum

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571009

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34967)
  2. Lesson (1842:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Blyth (1863:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Sorex tetragonurus var. S. castaneus

Jenyns, 1838

Family

Soricidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

424

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3381112

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex macrotrichus

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Soricidae

Root name

macrotrichus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47312207

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex labiosus

Jenyns in de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Soricidae

Root name

labiosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47312184

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex tetragonurus fossilis

Giebel, 1847

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22961654

Authority publication

Leipzig

Musaraneus (Crocidura) vulgaris

(A. Pomel, 1848)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles

Sorex vulgaris pallidus

Fitzinger, 1868

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pallidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6449715

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex vulgaris Varietas nigra

Fatio, 1869

Family

Soricidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MHNG 711.74

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15596620

Authority publication

Genève

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex vulgaris Varietas nuda

Fatio, 1869

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15596620

Authority publication

Genève

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Blarina pyrrhonota

(Jentink, 1888)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pyrrhonota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14868070

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Sorex vulgaris var. vel subsp. mollis

Fatio, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

mollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MHNG 711.74

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

471

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus alticola

G. S. Miller, 1901

Family

Soricidae

Root name

alticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:85930

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3801bfde1-8609-4f5c-868b-d783232d0acb

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793028

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus carpathicus

Barrett-Hamilton, 1905

Family

Soricidae

Root name

carpathicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.2.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4a3faaf1-6ce5-4236-ad8e-59d0c4eb6634

Authority page

506

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244056

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus nudus

Mottaz, 1908

Family

Soricidae

Root name

nudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924071898765?urlappend=%3Bseq=126%3Bownerid=27021597769213693-130

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de Genève

Name usages

Mottaz (1908:118, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924071898765?urlappend=%3Bseq=126%3Bownerid=27021597769213693-130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69364)

Sorex araneus bergensis

G. S. Miller, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bergensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:84664

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/340dc8b30-e86f-4f6a-a274-29a2bcffd179

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071789

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus pyrenaicus

G. S. Miller, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.8.4.301

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7647b496-3e23-40a2-a111-82dd72082483

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071789

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Blarina pyrrhonota

(Jentink, 1910)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pyrrhonotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.17214.a, RMNH.MAM.17214.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17214.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17214.b

Authority page

167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13217593

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus araneus

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

araneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421331

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Stroganov (1936:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68951)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex araneus castaneus

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

castaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421356

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Miller (1912:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)

Sorex araneus tetragonurus

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tetragonurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421361

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Miller (1912:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
  2. Altobello (1926:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67798)
  3. Wettstein (1927:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67753)

Sorex grantii

Barrett-Hamilton & Hinton, 1913

Family

Soricidae

Root name

grantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.1.9.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bc82903c-1552-4a44-9c46-9e232a7f22fd

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31994883

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus peucinius

O. Thomas, 1913

Family

Soricidae

Root name

peucinius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.12.17.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa06ddae-bf56-40bc-be32-a9d9e40a18aa

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635777

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus tomensis

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

tomensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 9173

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

329

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482948

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

  1. Turov (1924:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68960)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Cryptotis pyrhonota

(Cabrera, 1925)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pyrhonota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

135

Authority publication

Madrid

Sorex araneus eleonorae

von Wettstein, 1927

Family

Soricidae

Root name

eleonorae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Wettstein (1927:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67753)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus csikii

Éhik, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

csikii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HNHM 3582

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

54

Authority publication

Állattani Közlemények

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus Bolkayi

V. E. Martino & E. V. Martino, 1930

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bolkayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 34112

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

158

Authority publication

Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus Iochanseni

Ognev, 1933

Family

Soricidae

Root name

iochanseni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-13393

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-13393

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Сборник научно-исследовательского института зоологии Московского государственного института

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus uralensis

Ognev, 1933

Family

Soricidae

Root name

uralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-13619

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-13619

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Сборник научно-исследовательского института зоологии Московского государственного института

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex tundrensis europaeus

Stroganov, 1936

Family

Soricidae

Root name

europaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN 22867

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

130

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

Stroganov (1936:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68951)

Sorex araneus averini

J. P. Zubko, 1937

Family

Soricidae

Root name

averini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

300

Authority publication

Kharkov A. Gorky-State Univ., Proc. Zool.-Biol. Inst.

Sorex araneus pulcher

Zalesky, 1937

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pulcher

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMA.MAM.5123.a, ZMA.MAM.5123.b, ZMA.MAM.5124.a, ZMA.MAM.5124.b, ZMA.MAM.5126.a, ZMA.MAM.5126.b, ZMA.MAM.5127.a, ZMA.MAM.5127.b, ZMA.MAM.5128.a, ZMA.MAM.5128.b, ZMA.MAM.5129.a, ZMA.MAM.5129.b, ZMA.MAM.5261.a, ZMA.MAM.5261.b, ZMA.MAM.5262.a, ZMA.MAM.5262.b, ZMA.MAM.5263.a, ZMA.MAM.5263.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5123.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5123.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5124.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5124.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5126.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5126.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5127.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5127.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5128.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5128.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5129.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5129.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5261.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5261.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5262.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5262.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5263.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/ZMA.MAM.5263.b

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus petrovi

V. E. Martino, 1939

Family

Soricidae

Root name

petrovi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.898

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff38c1b6-2111-4e71-9ae8-120fa0bd8a1c

Authority page

90

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Russian Scientific Institute in Belgrade

Name usages

  1. Đulić & Vidinić (1967:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68691)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus bohemicus

Štěpánek, 1943

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bohemicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPr P6V-013197

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Rozpravy Československé akademie věd

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus wettsteini

Bauer, 1960

Family

Soricidae

Root name

wettsteini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Bauer collection 51/104

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44682544

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus hülleri

E. von Lehmann, 1966

Family

Soricidae

Root name

huelleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1964.169

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus novyensis

H. Schaefer, 1975

Family

Soricidae

Root name

novyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

89-111

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex isodon marchicus

Passarge, 1984

Family

Soricidae

Root name

marchicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 83485

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45511801

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus collatus

M. Kretzoi in Jánossy, 1986

Family

Soricidae

Root name

collatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Budapest

Sorex caucasicus sultanae

Şimşek, 1986

Family

Soricidae

Root name

sultanae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

206-208

Authority publication

Turkish Journal of Biology

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus rypheus

Yudin, 1989

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rypheus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Novosibirsk

Sorex araneus ryphaeus

Pavlinov & Rossolimo, 1998

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ryphaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex averini

Hutterer, 2005

Family

Soricidae

Root name

averini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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