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
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/42946269Original 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
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