Sorex
The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America. Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the subfamily Soricinae (red-toothed shrews). They have 32 teeth.
These animals have long pointed snouts, small ears which are often not visible and scent glands located on the side of the body. As their eyesight is generally poor, they rely on hearing and smell to locate their prey, mainly insects. Some species also use echolocation. It is often difficult to distinguish between species without examining the dental pattern.
In some species, a female shrew and her dependent young form "caravans", in which each shrew grasps the rear of the shrew in front, when changing location.
Species
- Genus Sorex[1]
- Kashmir Pygmy Shrew (S. planiceps)
- Tibetan Shrew (S. thibetanus)
- Subgenus Otisorex
- Long-tailed Shrew (S. dispar)
- Sorex dispar blitchi
- Sorex dispar dispar
- Smoky Shrew (S. fumeus)
- Sorex fumeus fumeus
- Sorex fumeus umbrosus
- Gaspé Shrew (S. gaspensis)
- American Pygmy Shrew (S. hoyi)
- Sorex hoyi alnorum
- Sorex hoyi eximius
- Sorex hoyi hoyi
- Sorex hoyi montanus
- Sorex hoyi thompsoni
- Sorex hoyi winnemana
- Large-toothed Shrew (S. macrodon)
- Carmen Mountain Shrew (S. milleri)
- Dwarf Shrew (S. nanus)
- Mexican Long-tailed Shrew (S. oreopolus)
- Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew (S. orizabae)
- Ornate Shrew (S. ornatus)
- Sorex ornatus juncensis
- Sorex ornatus lagunae
- Sorex ornatus ornatus
- Sorex ornatus relictus
- Sorex ornatus salarius
- Sorex ornatus salicornicus
- Sorex ornatus sinuosus
- Sorex ornatus willetti
- Inyo Shrew (S. tenellus)
- Verapaz Shrew (S. veraepacis)
- Sorex veraepacis chiapensis
- Sorex veraepacis mutabilis
- Sorex veraepacis veraepacis
- Sorex ixtlanensis
- S. vagrans complex
- Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus)
- Baird's Shrew (S. bairdi)
- Sorex bairdi bairdi
- Sorex bairdi permiliensis
- Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii)
- Sorex bendirii albiventer
- Sorex bendirii bendirii
- Sorex bendirii palmeri
- Montane Shrew (S. monticolus)
- Sorex monticolus alascensis
- Sorex monticolus calvertensis
- Sorex monticolus elassodon
- Sorex monticolus insularis
- Sorex monticolus isolatus
- Sorex monticolus longicaudus
- Sorex monticolus malitiosus
- Sorex monticolus obscurus
- Sorex monticolus parvidens
- Sorex monticolus prevostensis
- Sorex monticolus setosus
- Sorex monticolus shumaginensis
- Sorex monticolus soperi
- New Mexico Shrew (S. neomexicanus)
- Pacific Shrew (S. pacificus)
- Sorex pacificus pacificus
- Sorex pacificus cascadensis
- American Water Shrew (S. palustris)
- Sorex palustris albibarbis
- Sorex palustris brooksi
- Sorex palustris gloveralleni
- Sorex palustris hydrobadistes
- Sorex palustris labradorensis
- Sorex palustris navigator
- Sorex palustris palustris
- Sorex palustris punctulatus
- Sorex palustris turneri
- Fog Shrew (S. sonomae)
- Sorex sonomae sonomae
- Sorex sonomae tenelliodus
- Vagrant Shrew (S. vagrans)
- Sorex vagrans halicoetes
- Sorex vagrans paludivagus
- Sorex vagrans vagrans
- S. cinereus group
- Subgenus Sorex
- Subgenus incertae sedis
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Sorex
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shrews) |
Subgenus
Otisorex
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Subgenus
Sorex
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