Sorex minutus

Linnaeus, 1766

Eurasian Pygmy 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. 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/42946269

Original name as described

Sorex minutus

Type locality

"Sibiria." Restricted by I. Ya. Pavlinov and O. L. Rossolimo in 1987 to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Ireland · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Belgium · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Turkey · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Estonia · Latvia · Lithuania · Russia · Armenia? · Azerbaijan? · Georgia? · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Pakistan · India · Nepal? · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004261

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. 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 minutus lucanius

G. S. Miller, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

lucanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.9.1.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/23f70e2d-12ab-4387-b362-8ddd7a3605e0

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071790

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex minutus gymnurus

Chaworth-Musters, 1932

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gymnurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1931.11.11.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2159a9ef-5afd-4980-a5a8-91966f860601

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex minutus insulaebellae

Heim de Balsac, 1940

Family

Soricidae

Root name

insulaebellae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1983-522

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1983-522

Authority page

213

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

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

Sorex subminutus

Sulimski, 1962

Family

Soricidae

Root name

subminutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZ VIII/Vm-309/1

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

461

Authority publication

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Sorex minutus heptapotamicus

Stroganov, 1956

Family

Soricidae

Root name

heptapotamicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SZM N 2349

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Труды Биологического Института, Академия Наук СССР, Западно-Сибирский Филиал

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex gracilis

Petényi, 1856

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

69-77

Authority publication

Magyar Academiai Értesítő

Sorex minutus becki

E. von Lehmann, 1963

Family

Soricidae

Root name

becki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1956.1004

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

187

Authority publication

Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex pumilio

Wagler, 1832

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 22003

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 minutus morpha kastschenkoi

Ioganzen, 1923

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kastschenkoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Известия государственного Томского университета

Sorex rusticus var. S. hibernicus

Jenyns, 1838

Family

Soricidae

Root name

hibernicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3381111

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

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

Corsira pygmœa

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pygmoea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Corsira rustica

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rustica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Sorex minutus carpatanus

Corbet, 1978

Family

Soricidae

Root name

carpatanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

19

Authority publication

London

Sorex minutus minutus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2018

Family

Soricidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

404

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex minutus

Linnaeus, 1766

Family

Soricidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946269

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Fischer (1814:x, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Smith & Xie (2008:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29667/115171222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex pygmaeus

Laxmann, 1769

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pygmaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

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

Sorex exilis

J. F. Gmelin, 1788

Family

Soricidae

Root name

exilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751335

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:x, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  3. Lesson (1827:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Lesson (1836:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  5. Smith (1842:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  6. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  7. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex canaliculatus

Ljungh, 1806

Family

Soricidae

Root name

canaliculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47002270

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Billberg (1827:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex minimus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811

Family

Soricidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

186

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29406983

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

sorex pygmeus

Lesson, 1836

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pygmeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

230

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814913

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1836:230, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Sorex rusticus

Jenyns, 1838

Family

Soricidae

Root name

rusticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3381111

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sorex pumilus

Nilsson, 1844

Family

Soricidae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

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

Sorex minutus minutus natio melanderi

Ognev, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

melanderi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Authority page

245

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Petenyia suavensis

(Pasa, 1947)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

suavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1111

Authority publication

Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona

Sorex minutus (morpha) kastchenkoi

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Soricidae

Root name

kastchenkoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722349

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Sorex exiguus

Van den Brink, 1952

Family

Soricidae

Root name

exiguus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

370-374

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

Name usages

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

Sorex biharicus

Terzea, 1970

Family

Soricidae

Root name

biharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Travaux de l'Institut de Spéologie "Émile Racovitza"

Sorex minutus carpetanus

J. M. Rey, 1971

Family

Soricidae

Root name

carpetanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

153-160

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Sorex minutus heptopotamicus

Corbet, 1978

Family

Soricidae

Root name

heptopotamicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

19

Authority publication

London

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