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.

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

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