The genus Sorex is a group of mainly land-dwelling shrews with relatively long tails which includes many of the common shrews of Europe and North America. They are red-toothed shrews; species in this group have 32 teeth. This genus is the only member of the tribe Soricini.

These animals have long pointed snouts, small ears which are often not visible and scent glands located on the side of the body. As their eyesight is generally poor, they rely on hearing and smell to locate their prey, mainly insects. Some species also use echolocation. It is often difficult to distinguish between species without examining the dental pattern.

In some species, a female shrew and her dependent young form "caravans" where each shrew grasps the rear of the shrew in front when changing location.

Species

• Genus Sorex
• Kashmir Pygmy Shrew (S. planiceps)
• Tibetan Shrew (S. thibetanus)
• Subgenus Otisorex
• Long-tailed Shrew (S. dispar)
• Sorex dispar blitchi
• Sorex dispar dispar
• Smoky Shrew (S. fumeus)
• Sorex fumeus fumeus
• Sorex fumeus umbrosus
• Gaspé Shrew (S. gaspensis)
• American Pygmy Shrew (S. hoyi)
• Sorex hoyi alnorum
• Sorex hoyi eximius
• Sorex hoyi hoyi
• Sorex hoyi montanus
• Sorex hoyi thompsoni
• Sorex hoyi winnemana
• Large-toothed Shrew (S. macrodon)
• Carmen Mountain Shrew (S. milleri)
• Dwarf Shrew (S. nanus)
• Mexican Long-tailed Shrew (S. oreopolus)
• Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew (S. orizabae)
• Ornate Shrew (S. ornatus)
• Sorex ornatus juncensis
• Sorex ornatus lagunae
• Sorex ornatus ornatus
• Sorex ornatus relictus
• Sorex ornatus salarius
• Sorex ornatus salicornicus
• Sorex ornatus sinuosus
• Sorex ornatus willetti
• Inyo Shrew (S. tenellus)
• Verapaz Shrew (S. veraepacis)
• Sorex veraepacis chiapensis
• Sorex veraepacis mutabilis
• Sorex veraepacis veraepacis
• S. vagrans complex
• Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus)
• Baird's Shrew (S. bairdi)
• Sorex bairdi bairdi
• Sorex bairdi permiliensis
• Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii)
• Sorex bendirii albiventer
• Sorex bendirii bendirii
• Sorex bendirii palmeri
• Montane Shrew (S. monticolus)
• Sorex monticolus alascensis
• Sorex monticolus calvertensis
• Sorex monticolus elassodon
• Sorex monticolus insularis
• Sorex monticolus isolatus
• Sorex monticolus longicaudus
• Sorex monticolus malitiosus
• Sorex monticolus obscurus
• Sorex monticolus parvidens
• Sorex monticolus prevostensis
• Sorex monticolus setosus
• Sorex monticolus shumaginensis
• Sorex monticolus soperi
• New Mexico Shrew (S. neomexicanus)
• Pacific Shrew (S. pacificus)
• Sorex pacificus pacificus
• Sorex pacificus cascadensis
• American Water Shrew (S. palustris)
• Sorex palustris albibarbis
• Sorex palustris brooksi
• Sorex palustris gloveralleni
• Sorex palustris hydrobadistes
• Sorex palustris labradorensis
• Sorex palustris navigator
• Sorex palustris palustris
• Sorex palustris punctulatus
• Sorex palustris turneri
• Fog Shrew (S. sonomae)
• Sorex sonomae sonomae
• Sorex sonomae tenelliodus
• Vagrant Shrew (S. vagrans)
• Sorex vagrans halicoetes
• Sorex vagrans paludivagus
• Sorex vagrans vagrans
• S. cinereus group
• Kamchatka Shrew (S. camtschatica)
• Cinereus Shrew (S. cinereus)
• Sorex cinereus acadicus
• Sorex cinereus cinereus
• Sorex cinereus fontinalis
• Sorex cinereus hollisteri
• Sorex cinereus lesueurii
• Sorex cinereus miscix
• Sorex cinereus ohioensis
• Sorex cinereus streatori
• Prairie Shrew (S. haydeni)
• Saint Lawrence Island Shrew (S. jacksoni)
• Paramushir Shrew (S. leucogaster)
• Southeastern Shrew (S. longirostris)
• Mount Lyell Shrew (S. lyelli)
• Portenko's Shrew (S. portenkoi)
• Preble's Shrew (S. preblei)
• Pribilof Island Shrew (S. pribilofensis)
• Sorex rohweri
• Barren Ground Shrew (S. ugyunak)
• Subgenus Sorex
• Dneper Common Shrew (S. averini)
• Lesser Striped Shrew (S. bedfordiae)
• Stripe-backed Shrew (S. cylindricauda)
• Chinese Highland Shrew (S. excelsus)
• Azumi Shrew (S. hosonoi)
• Chinese Shrew (S. sinalis)
• Alaska Tiny Shrew (S. yukonicus)
• S. alpinus group
• Alpine Shrew (S. alpinus)
• Ussuri Shrew (S. mirabilis)
• S. araneus group
• Valais Shrew (S. antinorii)
• Common Shrew (S. araneus)
• Udine Shrew (S. arunchi)
• Millet's Shrew (S. coronatus)
• Siberian Large-toothed Shrew (S. daphaenodon)
• Sorex daphaenodon daphaenodon
• Sorex daphaenodon sanguinidens
• Sorex daphaenodon scaloni
• Iberian Shrew (S. granarius)
• Caucasian Shrew (S. satunini)
• S. arcticus group
• Arctic Shrew (S. arcticus)
• Sorex arcticus arcticus
• Sorex arcticus laricorum
• Maritime Shrew (S. maritimensis)
• S. tundrensis
• Tien Shan Shrew (S. asper)
• Gansu Shrew (S. cansulus)
• Tundra Shrew (S. tundrensis)
• S. minutus group
• Buchara Shrew (S. buchariensis)
• Kozlov's Shrew (S. kozlovi)
• Caucasian Pygmy Shrew (S. volnuchini)
• Sorex volnuchini dahli
• Sorex volnuchini volnuchini
• S. caecutiens group
• Laxmann's Shrew (S. caecutiens)
• Taiga Shrew (S. isodon)
• Eurasian Least Shrew (S. minutissimus)
• Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (S. minutus)
• Flat-skulled Shrew (S. roboratus)
• Shinto Shrew (S. shinto)
• Sorex shinto sadonis
• Sorex shinto shikokensis
• Sorex shinto shinto
• Long-clawed Shrew (S. unguiculatus)
• S. gracillimus group
• Slender Shrew (S. gracillimus)
• S. raddei
• Radde's Shrew (S. raddei)
• S. samniticus
• Apennine Shrew (S. samniticus)
• Subgenus incertae sedis
• Arizona Shrew (S. arizonae)
• Zacatecas Shrew (S. emarginatus)
• Merriam's Shrew (S. merriami)
• Saussure's Shrew (S. saussurei)
• Sorex saussurei godmani
• Sorex saussurei saussurei
• Sclater's Shrew (S. sclateri)
• San Cristobal Shrew (S. stizodon)
• Trowbridge's Shrew (S. trowbridgii)
• Sorex trowbridgii destructioni
• Sorex trowbridgii humboldtensis
• Sorex trowbridgii mariposae
• Sorex trowbridgii montereyensis
• Sorex trowbridgii trowbridgii
• Chestnut-bellied Shrew (S. ventralis)
• Veracruz Shrew (S. veraecrucis)
• Sorex veraecrucis cristobalensis
• Sorex veraecrucis oaxacae
• Sorex veraecrucis veraecrucis

References

See also

• List of placental mammals