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Sorex (long-tailed shrew)
Taxonomy
Sorex was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Sorex araneus. It is the type genus of Soricoidea.
It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Soricina by Gray (1825); to Soricini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986), Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Soricidae by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Dehm (1962), Kurten (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Gustafson (1985), Carroll (1988), Shoshani et al. (1989), Seymour (2004), Silcox et al. (2010), Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Soricina by Gray (1825); to Soricini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986), Gunnell et al. (2008); and to Soricidae by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Dehm (1962), Kurten (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Gustafson (1985), Carroll (1988), Shoshani et al. (1989), Seymour (2004), Silcox et al. (2010), Eshelman et al. (2025).
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. hoyi (syn. S. thompsoni), 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 |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Sorex Linnaeus p. 53 |
| 1762 | Musaraneus Brisson |
| 1825 | Sorex Gray p. 339 |
| 1835 | Amphisorex Duvernoy p. 13 |
| 1842 | Otisorex De Kay |
| 1848 | Hydrogale Pomel |
| 1857 | Neosorex Baird |
| 1859 | Amphisorex Gervais p. 55 |
| 1877 | Microsorex Baird |
| 1884 | Atophyrax Merriam |
| 1890 | Homalurus Schulze |
| 1904 | Sorex (Microsorex) Palmer p. 423 |
| 1910 | Microsorex Preble |
| 1927 | Soricidus Altobello |
| 1930 | Microsorex Hay p. 440 |
| 1930 | Sorex Hay p. 440 |
| 1952 | Sorex Sherman p. 87 |
| 1962 | Sorex Dehm |
| 1967 | Microsorex Van Valen |
| 1967 | Sorex Van Valen |
| 1968 | Sorex Kurten p. 43 |
| 1980 | Sorex Kurten and Anderson p. 103 |
| 1980 | Microsorex Kurten and Anderson p. 109 |
| 1981 | Microsorex Hall |
| 1985 | Sorex Gustafson p. 88 |
| 1986 | Sorex George p. 153 |
| 1988 | Amphisorex Carroll |
| 1988 | Microsorex Carroll |
| 1988 | Sorex Carroll |
| 1989 | Sorex Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 2004 | Sorex Seymour |
| 2008 | Sorex Gunnell et al. |
| 2010 | Sorex Silcox et al. |
| 2025 | Sorex Eshelman et al. p. 86 |
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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: Amphisorex Duvernoy 1835 [synonym], Atophyrax Merriam 1884 [synonym], Corsira [synonym], Homalurus Schulze 1890 [synonym], Hydrogale Pomel 1848 [synonym], Microsorex Baird 1877 [synonym], Musaraneus Brisson 1762 [synonym], Neosorex Baird 1857 [synonym], Otisorex De Kay 1842 [synonym], Soricidus Altobello 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Gervais 1859 (Amphisorex) | Musaraigne à dents rouges, les intermédiaires au nombre de 5/2: la première dent inférieure grande, dentelée sur son bord tranchant. |