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Taxonomy
Sorex was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Sorex araneus. It is the type genus of Soricidae, Soricoidea.
It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Soricina by Gray (1825); to Soricini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986) and Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Soricidae by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Kurten (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Gustafson (1985), Carroll (1988), Shoshani et al. (1989), Seymour (2004) and Silcox et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Soricina by Gray (1825); to Soricini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986) and Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Soricidae by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Kurten (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Gustafson (1985), Carroll (1988), Shoshani et al. (1989), Seymour (2004) and Silcox et al. (2010).
Species
S. alpinoides, S. alpinus, S. araneus (type species), S. arcticus, S. arizonae, S. bor, S. caecutiens, S. cinereus, S. cudahyensis, S. dehneli, S. dispar, S. edwardsi, S. ertemteensis, S. fejfari, S. frankstounensis, S. fumeus, S. gracilidens, S. hagermanensis, S. hibbardi, S. kansasensis, S. kennardi, S. lacustris, S. leahyi, S. longirostris, S. margaritodon, S. megapalustris, S. meltoni, S. merriami, S. minutoides, S. minutus (syn. S. minutus), S. monticolus, S. obscurus, S. ornatus, S. palustris, S. personatus, S. powersi, S. praealpinus, S. praearaneus, S. pratensis, S. pseudoalpinus, S. quadraticauda, S. rexroadensis, S. runtonensis, S. sandersi, S. saussurei, S. savini, S. scottensis, S. subminutus, S. tasnadii, S. taylori, S. trowbridgii, S. vagrans, S. yatkolai
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Sorex Linnaeus p. 53 |
| 1762 | Musaraneus Brisson |
| 1825 | Sorex Gray p. 339 |
| 1842 | Otisorex De Kay |
| 1848 | Hydrogale Pomel |
| 1857 | Neosorex Baird |
| 1884 | Atophyrax Merriam |
| 1890 | Homalurus Schulze |
| 1927 | Soricidus Altobello |
| 1930 | Sorex Hay p. 440 |
| 1952 | Sorex Sherman p. 87 |
| 1967 | Sorex Van Valen |
| 1968 | Sorex Kurten p. 43 |
| 1980 | Sorex Kurten and Anderson p. 103 |
| 1985 | Sorex Gustafson p. 88 |
| 1986 | Sorex George p. 153 |
| 1988 | Sorex Carroll |
| 1989 | Sorex Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 2004 | Sorex Seymour |
| 2008 | Sorex Gunnell et al. |
| 2010 | Sorex Silcox et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Sorex Linnaeus 1758 [long-tailed shrew]
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†Sorex alpinoides Kowalski 1956
Sorex alpinus Schinz 1837
Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758 [common shrew]
Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 [arctic shrew]
Sorex arizonae Diersing and Hoffmeister 1977
†Sorex bor Reumer 1984
Sorex caecutiens Laxmann 1788
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 [cinereus shrew]
†Sorex cudahyensis Hibbard 1944
†Sorex dehneli Kowalski 1956
Sorex dispar Batchelder 1896 [long-tailed shrew]
†Sorex edwardsi Brown 1980
†Sorex ertemteensis Storch 1995
†Sorex fejfari Horácek 1988
Sorex frankstounensis Peterson 1926
Sorex fumeus Miller 1895 [smoky shrew]
†Sorex gracilidens Viret and Zapfe 1951
†Sorex hagermanensis Hibbard and Bjork 1971
†Sorex hibbardi Sulimski 1962
†Sorex kansasensis McMullen 1975
†Sorex kennardi Hinton 1911
†Sorex lacustris Hibbard 1944
†Sorex leahyi Hibbard 1956
Sorex longirostris Bachman 1837 [southeastern shrew]
†Sorex margaritodon Kormos 1930
†Sorex megapalustris Paulson 1961
†Sorex meltoni Hibbard and Bjork 1971
Sorex merriami Dobson 1890
†Sorex minutoides Storch 1995
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 [Eurasian pygmy shrew]
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Invalid names: Sorex minutus Brown 1908 [synonym]
Sorex monticolus Merriam 1890 [montane shrew]
Sorex obscurus Merriam 1895
Sorex ornatus Merriam 1895
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 [American water shrew]
Sorex personatus Brown 1908
†Sorex powersi Hibbard and Bjork 1971
†Sorex praealpinus Heller 1930
†Sorex praearaneus Kormos 1934
†Sorex pratensis Hibbard 1944
†Sorex pseudoalpinus Rzebik-Kowalska 1991
Sorex quadraticauda Milne-Edwards 1972
†Sorex rexroadensis Hibbard 1953
†Sorex runtonensis Hinton 1911
†Sorex sandersi Hibbard 1956
Sorex saussurei Merriam 1892
†Sorex savini Hinton 1911
†Sorex scottensis Jammot 1972
†Sorex subminutus Sulimski 1962
†Sorex tasnadii Kretzoi 1965
†Sorex taylori Hibbard 1937
Sorex trowbridgii Baird 1858
Sorex vagrans Baird 1858
†Sorex yatkolai Brown 1980
Invalid names: Atophyrax Merriam 1884 [synonym], Corsira [synonym], Homalurus Schulze 1890 [synonym], Hydrogale Pomel 1848 [synonym], Musaraneus Brisson 1762 [synonym], Neosorex Baird 1857 [synonym], Otisorex De Kay 1842 [synonym], Soricidus Altobello 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (308 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | Sorex sp. (136269) | |
| Miocene | France | Sorex dehmi, Sorex grivensis, Sorex collongensis (200296) | |
| Burdigalian | Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) | Sorex dehmi (39714) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Sorex grivensis (32191) | |
| Langhian - Tortonian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | Sorex sp. (142149) | |
| MN 6 | Germany (Bayern) | Sorex dehmi (45603) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Sorex sp. (18463) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | Sorex sp. (19322 19323 19324 19384 19517) | |
| Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Sorex edwardsi (18326) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Sorex minutoides, Sorex ertemteensis, Sorex pseudoalpinus (68591) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Sorex edwardsi (18086) Sorex sp., Sorex edwardsi, Sorex yatkolai (18225) | |
| Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Soricinae indet. (44223 44224) | |
| Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Soricidae sp. B (32189) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Sorex minutoides, Sorex ertemteensis, Sorex pseudoalpinus (68592) Sorex sp., Sorex minutoides, Sorex ertemteensis, Sorex pseudoalpinus (75300) | |
| Pliocene | China | Sorex sp. (13485) | |
| Pliocene | Poland | Sorex subaraneus (34681) | |
| Pliocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Sorex mirabilis, Sorex sp. (40391) | |
| Pliocene | Spain (Albacete) | Sorex subminutus (41931 41932 41937) | |
| Ruscinian - Villanyian | Hungary (Barany) | Sorex sp. (35354) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Sorex subaraneus, Sorex subminutus (35076) | |