Life Mammalia Insectivora Soricidae

660x475 (~99Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 21.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

573x585 (~104Kb) Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 21.8.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

• Sorex minutissimus Zimmermann, 1780 NEU - Siberia, Sakhalin, Hokkaido. See [maps] Least shrew Least Siberian Shrew Kääpiöpäästäinen

  • Sorex minutissimus Zimmermann, 1780; ; TL: Yenesei, Siberia
  • burneyi; (Baikal)
  • czekanovskii
  • exilis
  • neglectus
  • Sorex minimus Gmelin, 1793; Syst. Nat. (of Linnaeus 13th ed., augmented and corrected): 160; TL: Yenesei
  • minutissimus carelicus Stroganov, ?1949; Key to Mammals of Karelia; TL: Near Lake Suoyarvi, SW. Karelia, USSR
  • minutissimus barabensis Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. naucho-issled. Inst. perm. gos. Univ. 1 zool.:11-14; TL: Novosibirsk Oblast, W. Siberia
  • Sorex tscherskii abnormis Stroganov, 1949; Uchen zap. tomsk. Gros. Univ. 12: 187-188; TL: Near Chelkara, Kazakhstan
  • Sorex minutissimus stroganovi Yudin, 1964; Acta theriol. 8: 167-179; TL: Upper basin of River Yusid, S.E. Altai Mts, Siberia
  • Sorex minutissimus caudata Yudin, 1964; Acta theriol. 8: 167-179; TL: Near Kibizen, River Biya, NE. Altai Mts, Siberia
  • minutissimus tscherskii Ognev, 1913; ; TL: Ussuri Region, E.Siberia
  • ussuriensis
  • tscherskii tschuktschorum Stroganov, 1949; Uchen zap. tomsk. Gros. Univ. 12: 187-188; TL: Anadir, Markov, NE. Siberia
  • minutissimus hawkeri Thomas, 1906; ; TL: ?Honsu, Japan

  • Sorex minutissimus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766 EU, Siberia - Yenesei, Baikal, C.Asia - Kashmir, Nepal. See [maps] Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Pygmy Shrew Vaivaispäästäinen

  • Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766; ; TL: Barnaul, W. Siberia
  • pygmaeus
  • canaliculatus; (Sweden)
  • gmelini
  • gymnurus; (Greece)
  • hibernicus; (Ireland)
  • insulaebellae; (Belle Isle, France)
  • ?kastchenkoi; (W. Siberia)
  • lucanius; (S. Italy)
  • melanderi; (European Russia)
  • pumilio; (Germany)
  • pumilus
  • rusticus; (England)
  • volnuchini; (Caucasus)
  • Sorex exiguus Brink, 1952; ; TL: Applescha, Frise, Netherlands
  • Sorex minutus becki Lehmann, 1963; ; TL: Silum, Liechtenstein
  • Sorex minutus carpatanus Rey, 1971; ; TL: Sierra de Guadarrama, Madris, Spain
  • minutus thibetanus Kastschenko, 1905; ; TL: Tsaidam, central China
  • minutus planiceps Miller, 1911; ; TL: Kashmir
  • Sorex minutus heptopotamicus Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. nauchno-issled. Inst. perm. gos.Univ. 1 zool.: 11-14; TL: Ala-Tau, Tien Shan, China

  • Sorex (Sorex) minutus; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Sorex) volnuchini; [CoL]
  • Sorex minutus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex planiceps; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex thibetanus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex volnuchini dahli; [CoL]
  • Sorex volnuchini volnuchini; [CoL]
  • Sorex volnuchini; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex gracillimus Thomas, 1907 Okhotsk - N.Korea, Sakhalin, Shantar, Hokkaido, Kuriles. See [maps] Slender Shrew

  • Sorex minutus gracillimus Thomas, 1907; Darine, 25 miles NW of Korsakoff, Sakhalin Island
  • ?hyojironis; (Manchuria)
  • ?leucogaster; (Amamushira, N. Kurile Is.)
  • ?yamashinai

  • Sorex (Otisorex) leucogaster; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Sorex) gracillimus; [CoL]
  • Sorex gracillimus gracillimus; [CoL]
  • Sorex gracillimus hyojironis; [CoL]
  • Sorex gracillimus minor; [CoL]
  • Sorex gracillimus natalae; [CoL]
  • Sorex gracillimus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex leucogaster; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex caecutiens Laxmann, 1788 NEU, Siberia (taiga and tundra zones), Mongolia, Kansu, Korea, Sakhalin, Hokkaido, N.Honsu, Shikoku. See [maps] Laxmann's Shrew Idänpäästäinen

  • Sorex caecutiens Laxmann, 1788; ; TL: Lake Baikal, Siberia
  • altaicus
  • annexus; (Korea)
  • araneoides; (Baikal)
  • buxtoni; (Sea of Okhotsk)
  • centralis; (Sayan Mts)
  • koreni; (Kolyma River)
  • lapponicus; (N. Sweden)
  • macropygmaeus; (Kamchatka)
  • pleskei; (European Russia)
  • rozanovi
  • tasicus; (W. Siberia)
  • tungussensis
  • Sorex macropygmaeus karpinskii Dehnel, 1949; ; TL: Bialowiez Forest,Poland
  • caecutiens shinto Thomas, 1905; ; TL: Shikoku, Japan
  • Sorex chouei Imaizumi, 1954; ; TL: Kitazawa-toge, Akaishi Mts, Nagano Pref., Honshu, Japan
  • caecutiens shikokensis Abe, 1967; ; TL: Mt Shimokabuto (900m). Niihama City, Ehime Pref., Shikoku, Japan
  • caecutiens saevus Thomas, 1907
  • savenus
  • caecutiens cansulus Thomas, 1912; ; TL: Kansu, China

  • Sorex (Sorex) caecutiens; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Sorex) cansulus; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Sorex) shinto; [CoL]
  • Sorex caecutiens; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex cansulus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex shinto sadonis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex shinto shikokensis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex shinto shinto; [CoL]
  • Sorex shinto; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 EU, Siberia. See [maps] Eurasian common shrew Metsäpäästäinen Common Shrew

  • Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL: S.Sweden
  • alticola
  • bergensis
  • bohemicus
  • bolkayi
  • carpathicus
  • castaneus; (England)
  • concinnus
  • coronatus
  • crassicaudatus
  • cskikii
  • daubentonii
  • eleonorae
  • euronotus
  • fodiens Duvernoy
  • fretalis; (Jersey)
  • granti; (Islay, Inner Hebrides)
  • hermanni
  • ignotus
  • iochanseni
  • labiosus
  • macrotrichus
  • melanodon
  • mollis
  • monsvairani
  • nigra
  • nuda
  • pallidus
  • personatus
  • petrovi
  • peucinus
  • pulcher; (Terschelling Is., Holland)
  • pyrenaicus
  • quadricaudatus
  • rhinolophus
  • roboratus; (Altai)
  • samniticus; (S.Italy)
  • santonus
  • schnitnikovi; (SE. Kazakhstan)
  • tetragonurus
  • tomensis
  • uralensis
  • vulgaris
  • Blarina pyrrhonota Jentink, 1910
  • araneus garganicus Pasa, 1953; Mem. Biogeogr. adriat. 2: 1-23; TL: Monte Negro, Cagnano Varano, Gargano, Italy
  • araneus wettsteini Bauer, 1960; Bonn. zool. Beitr. 11: 141-344; TL: Neusiedler See, Burgenland, Austria
  • araneus silanus Lehmann, 1961; Zool. Anz. 167: 214-229; TL: Camigliatello, Silano, Calabria, Italy
  • araneus hülleri Lehmann, 1966; Säugetierk. Mitt. 14: 127-133; TL: Elmpter Schwalmbruch, Kr. Erkelenz, Niederrhein, W.Germany
  • Sorex gemellus Ott, 1968; ; TL: Rhone Valley, Switzerland

  • Sorex (Sorex) araneus; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Sorex) coronatus; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Sorex) roboratus; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Sorex) samniticus; [CoL]
  • Sorex araneus grantii; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex araneus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex coronatus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex gracillimus granti; [CoL]
  • Sorex roboratus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex samniticus; [iNaturalist]

  identification uncertain 970x540 (~86Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 28.7.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov

• Sorex isodon Turov, 1924 Siberia. See [maps] Graves shrew Korpipäästäinen

  • Sorex araneus tomensis isodon Turov, 1924
  • gravesi; (?)
  • Sorex isodon princeps Skalon & Rajevsky, 1940

  • Sorex (Sorex) isodon; [CoL]
  • Sorex isodon; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex sinalis Thomas, 1912 China. See [maps] Dusky Shrew

  • Sorex sinalis Thomas, 1912; ; TL: 45 miles SE of Feng-hsiang-fu, Shensi, China (10 500 ft)

  • Sorex (Sorex) sinalis; [CoL]
  • Sorex sinalis; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex raddei Satunin, 1895 Caucasus - Asia Minor. See [maps] Radde's Shrew

  • Sorex raddei Satunin, 1895; ; TL: Near Kutais, Georgia, USSR
  • batis; (NE. Asia Minor)

  • Sorex (Sorex) raddei; [CoL]
  • Sorex raddei; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex caucasicus Satunin, 1913 Asia Minor. See [maps] Caucasian Shrew

  • Sorex caucasicus Satunin, 1913; ; TL: Bakuryani, Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR
• Sorex granarius Miller, 1910 Spain. See [maps]

  • Sorex araneus granarius Miller, 1910; ; TL: Segovia, Spain

  • Sorex (Sorex) granarius; [CoL]
  • Sorex granarius; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex asper Thomas, 1914 Kirgizia (Tien Shan), Sinkiang. See [maps] Tien Shan Shrew

  • Sorex asper Thomas, 1914; ; TL: Tekes Valley, Tien Shan, Central Asia

  • Sorex (Sorex) asper; [CoL]
  • Sorex asper; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex excelsus Allen, 1923 Yunnan. See [maps]

  • Sorex asper excelsus Allen, 1923; ; TL: Yunnan, China

  • Sorex (Sorex) excelsus; [CoL]
  • Sorex excelsus; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex vir Allen, 1914 E.Siberia, Altai, N.Mongolia, Baikal, Vladivostok. See [maps] Flat-skulled Shrew

  • Sorex vir Allen, 1914; ; TL: Nijni Kolyms, near mouth of Kolyma River, NE. Siberia
  • vir jacutensis Dukelski, 1933; ; TL: W. Yakutia and Yenesei
  • dukelskiae
  • turuchanensis
  • vir thomasi Ognev, 1921
  • vir plaatycranius Ognev, 1921
• Sorex arcticus Kerr, 1792 Siberia, Alaska - Nova Scotia. See [maps] Arctic Shrew

  • Sorex arcticus Kerr, 1792; 206; TL: Ontario, Canada
  • arcticus borealis Kastschenko, 1905; ; TL: Tomsk, Sibera
  • amasari; (Amur to Baikal)
  • baikalensis
  • irkutensis; (Baikal)
  • jenissejensis; (Sayan Mts)
  • midendorfi; (Lower Yenesei)
  • petschorae; (Petchora)
  • sibiriensis
  • ultimus; (Kolyma)
  • Sorex jenissejensis margarita Fetisov, 1950; Isz. biologo-geogr. nauchno-issled. Inst. Irkutsk 10(4): 9-10; TL: Upper River Misvki, Khamar-Daban, E.Siberia
  • Sorex arcticus transrypheus Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. nauchno-issled. Inst. perm. gos. Univ. 1 zool.: 3-10; TL: Near Kustanaya, N. Kazakhstan

  • Sorex (Sorex) arcticus; [CoL]
  • Sorex arcticus arcticus; [CoL]
  • Sorex arcticus laricorum; [CoL]
  • Sorex arcticus; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex cinereus Kerr, 1792 Anadyr - Kamchatka, Kurile Islands, NA. See [maps] Masked Shrew

  • Sorex arcticus cinereus Kerr, 1792; 206; TL: Fort Severn, Ontario, Canada
  • Sorex cinereus portenkoi Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. nauchno-issled. Inst. perm. gos. Univ. 1 zool.: 11-14; TL: Poberejhe Anadirsk estuary, near Anadyr, NE. Siberia
  • Sorex cinereus caecutienoides Stroganov, 1957; ; TL: Yakutiya, Megino-Kangalask Region, Khaptagaisk, Siberia
  • Sorex beringianus Yudin, 1967; ; TL: Paramushir, Kurile Islands, USSR
  • Sorex cinereus camtschatica Yudin, 1972; ; TL: Kambalnaya Bay, Kamschatka, USSR

  • Sorex (Otisorex) camtschatica; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Otisorex) cinereus; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Otisorex) portenkoi; [CoL]
  • Sorex camtschaticus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex cinereus acadicus; [CoL]
  • Sorex cinereus cinereus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex cinereus fontinalis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex cinereus hollisteri; [CoL]
  • Sorex cinereus lesueurii; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex cinereus miscix; [CoL]
  • Sorex cinereus nigriculus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex cinereus ohionensis; [CoL]
  • Sorex cinereus streatori; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex cinereus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex portenkoi; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex hosonoi Imaizumi, 1954 Honsu

  • Sorex hosonoi Imaizumi, 1954; Bull. natn. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 1: 94; TL: Tokiwa Mura Kita-Azumi Gun, Nagano Pref., Honsu, Japan
  • Sorex hosonoi shiroumanus Imaizumi, 1954; Bull. natn. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 1: 97; TL: Mt. Shirouma (c. 2900 m), Japanese Alps, Honshu

  • Sorex (Sorex) hosonoi; [CoL]
  • Sorex hosonoi; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex unguiculatus Dobson, 1890 Vladivostok - Amur, Sakhalin, Hokkaido. See [maps] Long-clawed Shrew

  • Sorex unguiculatus Dobson, 1890; ; TL: Sakhalin
  • yesoensis; (Hokkaido)

  • Sorex (Sorex) unguiculatus; [CoL]
  • Sorex unguiculatus; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex daphaenodon Thomas, 1907 Siberia, Shakhalin, Paramushir, Mongolia, Manchuria. See [maps] Large-toothed Shrew

  • Sorex daphaenodon Thomas, 1907; ; TL: Dariné, 25 miles NW of Korsakoff, Sakhalin
  • daphaenodon sanguinidens Allen, 1914; ; TL: near mouth of Kolyma River
  • daphaenodon orii Koruda, 1933; ; TL: paramushir, Kurile Is.
  • daphaenodon scaloni Ognev, 1933; ; TL: Tutukhansk dist.

  • Sorex (Sorex) daphaenodon; [CoL]
  • Sorex daphaenodon daphaenodon; [CoL]
  • Sorex daphaenodon sanguinidens; [CoL]
  • Sorex daphaenodon scaloni; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex daphaenodon; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex buchariensis Ognev, 1921 Pamirs, Tadzhikistan, E.Tibet. See [maps] Pamir Shrew

  • Sorex buchariensis Ognev, 1921; ; TL: River Davan-su, NW Russian Pamir Mts
  • Sorex kozlovi Stroganov, 1952; ; TL: Kam. River Dze-Tchyou, Upper Mekong, E. Tibet

  • Sorex (Sorex) buchariensis; [CoL]
  • Sorex (Sorex) kozlovi; [CoL]
  • Sorex buchariensis; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex kozlovi; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex mirabilis Ognev, 1937 N.Korea, Ussuri. See [maps] Giant Shrew

  • Sorex mirabilis Ognev, 1937; ; TL: Kishinka River, Ussuri region, E. Siberia
  • Sorex mirabilis kutscheruki Stroganov, 1956; Trudy biol. nauchno-issled. Inst. perm. gos. Univ. 1 zool.: 11-14; TL: Bektan, North Korea

  • Sorex (Ognevia) mirabilis; [CoL]
  • Sorex mirabilis; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1837 CEU, Pyrenees, Balkans, Carpathians, Tatra, Sudeten, Harz, Jura. See [maps] Alpine Shrew

  • Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1837; ; TL: St. Gothard Pass, Switzerland
  • ?intermedius
  • ?longobarda; (Italy)
  • hercynicus; (Harz Mts)
  • Sorex alpinus tatricus Kratochvil & Rosicky, 1952; ; TL: High Tatra Mountains, Czechoslovakia

  • Sorex (Sorex) alpinus; [CoL]
  • Sorex alpinus; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex cylindricauda Milne-Edwards, 1872 Szechuan. See [maps] Greater Striped Shrew

  • Sorex cylindricauda Milne-Edwards, 1872; ; TL: Moupin, W. Szechuan, China

  • Sorex (Sorex) cylindricauda; [CoL]
  • Sorex cylindricauda; [iNaturalist]
• Sorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911 China (S.Kansu - Yunnan), Burma, Nepal. See [maps] Lesser Striped Shrew

  • Sorex bedfordiae Thomas, 1911; ; TL: Omisan (9500ft), Szechuan,China
  • fumeolus
  • bedfordiae wardi Thomas, 1911; ; TL: Kansu
  • bedfordiae gomphus Alle, 1923; ; TL: Yunnan
  • Sorex cylindricauda nepalensis Weigel, 1969; ; TL: Ringmo, NE. Nepal (3920m)

  • Sorex (Sorex) bedfordiae; [CoL]
  • Sorex bedfordiae; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex gomphus; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex nepalensis; [iNaturalist]
  • Sorex wardi; [iNaturalist]

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