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Long-tailed Shrews
Sorex
The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the subfamily Soricinae (red-toothed shrews). They have 32 teeth.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 88 known species
Sorex
subgenusSorex
Otisorex
subgenusOtisorex
Trowbridge's Shrew
speciesSorex trowbridgii
Saussure's Shrew
speciesSorex saussurei
Merriam's Shrew
speciesSorex merriami
Arizona Shrew
speciesSorex arizonae
Jalisco Shrew
speciesSorex mediopua
Salvin's Shrew
speciesSorex salvini
Mutable Shrew
speciesSorex mutabilis
McCarthy's Shrew
speciesSorex mccarthyi
Sierra Shrew
speciesSorex madrensis
Ibarra's Shrew
speciesSorex ibarrai
Cruz's Long-tailed Shrew
speciesSorex cruzi
Alto Shrew
speciesSorex altoensis
Sclater's Shrew
speciesSorex sclateri
Verapaz Shrew
speciesSorex veraepacis
San Cristobal Shrew
speciesSorex stizodon
Chiapan Shrew
speciesSorex chiapensis
Large-toothed Shrew
speciesSorex macrodon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 46342.