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Common Shrew
Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Eulipotyphla - insectivores »  family Soricidae - shrews »  genus Sorex

Scientific synonyms

Sorex (Sorex) araneus Linnaeus, 1758
Sorex averini Zubko, 1937
Sorex (Sorex) averini Zubko, 1937

Other names

= Eurasian Common Shrew
= Eurasian Shrew
= European Shrew

Least Concern LC

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Included taxa

Number of records: 2

subspecies Sorex araneus araneus Linnaeus, 1758
subspecies Sorex araneus tomensis Ognev, 1921

Links and literature

EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Sorex averini Zubko, 1937]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758]

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