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
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/25033864Original 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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