Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Synonyms: Microsorex minutus Brown 1908, Sorex minutus Brown 1908
Belongs to Sorex according to R. Dehm 1962
See also Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Hay 1930, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lloyd and Slater 2020 and Sulimski 1962
Sister taxa: Sorex alpinoides, Sorex alpinus, Sorex araneus, Sorex arcticus, Sorex arizonae, Sorex bor, Sorex caecutiens, Sorex cinereus, Sorex cudahyensis, Sorex dehneli, Sorex dispar, Sorex edwardsi, Sorex ertemteensis, Sorex fejfari, Sorex frankstounensis, Sorex fumeus, Sorex gracilidens, Sorex hagermanensis, Sorex hibbardi, Sorex hoyi, Sorex kansasensis, Sorex kennardi, Sorex leahyi, Sorex longirostris, Sorex margaritodon, Sorex megapalustris, Sorex meltoni, Sorex merriami, Sorex minutoides, Sorex monticolus, Sorex obscurus, Sorex ornatus, Sorex palustris, Sorex personatus, Sorex powersi, Sorex praealpinus, Sorex praearaneus, Sorex pseudoalpinus, Sorex quadraticauda, Sorex rexroadensis, Sorex runtonensis, Sorex sandersi, Sorex saussurei, Sorex savini, Sorex scottensis, Sorex subminutus, Sorex tasnadii, Sorex taylori, Sorex trowbridgii, Sorex vagrans, Sorex yatkolai, Neosorex lacustris, Microsorex pratensis
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Czechia (2), France (2), Germany (7), Greece (4), Hungary (10), Italy (3), Poland (4), Romania (7), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Arkansas)
• MN 16 of Poland (2)
• Villafranchian of Hungary (3)
• Pliocene of Germany (2), Poland (4)
Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence
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