Sorex volnuchini
Ognev, 1922
Caucasian 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
Ognev, S.I. 1922-04. Contribution à la classification des mammifères insectivores de la Russie. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie 22(4):311-350.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482941Original name as described
Sorex minutus volnuchini
Other common names
Volnuchin's Shrew
Type material
ZIN S. 8586
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Kisha River, Adygea Republic (north-eastern Caucasus), Russia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iran
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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