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Taxonomy
Sorex minutus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1766 | Sorex minutus Linnaeus |
| 1908 | Microsorex minutus Brown |
| 1930 | Microsorex minutus Hay p. 440 |
| 1968 | Sorex minutus Kurten p. 43 |
| 1980 | Microsorex minutus Kurten and Anderson p. 109 |
| 1992 | Sorex minutus Dalquest and Schultz |
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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.
Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 [Eurasian pygmy shrew]
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Invalid names: Sorex minutus Brown 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.09000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (56 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 14 | Poland | Sorex minutus, Sorex sp. (32240) | |
| MN 14 - MN 15 | Poland | Sorex minutus (33873) | |
| MN 15 | Poland | Sorex minutus (33396 33872) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Sorex minutus (199747 205172) | |
| MN 16 | Poland | Sorex minutus (33473 33638) | |
| Villafranchian | Hungary (Barany) | Sorex minutus (35368 35369 35371) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Sorex minutus (35431) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sorex minutus (35905) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Sorex minutus (35457 35459) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy | Sorex sp. (42867) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Sorex minutus (32145 32194 32198 33973 33975 34009) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Sorex minutus (34783) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Sorex minutus (51625) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Sorex minutus (49993 49995 49997) | |
| Pleistocene | Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) | Sorex minutus (50242) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Sorex minutus (183123) | |
| Pleistocene | Poland | Sorex minutus (33874 34192) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Sorex minutus (34765) | |
| MN 17 | Poland | Sorex minutus (32485 34682) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Microsorex minutus (20290) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Sorex minutus (43691) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Sorex minutus (35045 35476 36706) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Sorex minutus (50258) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) | Sorex minutus (50200) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sorex minutus (49999) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Sorex minutus (34981) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Czechia | Sorex minutus (36214 36219) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Sorex minutus (35472) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Bayern) | Sorex minutus (50260) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Sorex minutus (35464 35467 35469) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Norfolk) | Sorex minutus (49816) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Sorex minutus (50249) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Romania | Sorex minutus (34010) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Pella) | Sorex minutus (204957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Sorex minutus (43629 43631) |