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Sorex araneus (common shrew)

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Sorex araneus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Sorex.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. aranoides, S. casimiri, S. grivensis, S. helleri, S. polonicus, S. praeminutus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sorex araneus Linnaeus p. 53
1911Sorex araneus Thomas p. 143
1930Sorex araneus Hay p. 440
1968Sorex araneus Kurten p. 43
1986Sorex araneus George p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeSoriciniFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusSorex
speciesaraneus

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 araneus Linnaeus 1758 [common shrew]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:40:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary Sorex araneus (39797)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Sorex araneus (43642 43645)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Sorex araneus (43665 43691 43692 43693 43696)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Sorex araneus (35045 36706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Pella) Sorex araneus (204957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Sorex araneus (40984)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Arrasate) Sorex araneus (191758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Sorex araneus (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Sorex araneus (43619 43629 43631)