Sorex araneus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Species: Sorex araneus
Subspecies (2): S. a. araneus – S. a. tomensis

Name

Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758: 53

Type material: Unknown.
Type locality: “Europae cryptis”, restricted to “Uppsala, Sweden” by Thomas (1911: 143).

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Thomas, O. 1911. The Mammals of the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus; an Attempt to fix the Types of the Genera and the exact Bases and Localities of the Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 81(1): 120–158. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1911.tb06995.x BHL Reference page.

Links

Hutterer, R. & Kryštufek, B. 2016. IUCN: Sorex araneus (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T29661A115170489. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T29661A22315145.en. Accessed on 19 October 2023.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Буразубка звычайная
български: Обикновена кафявозъбка
brezhoneg: Minoc'h boutin
català: Musaranya cuaquadrada
čeština: Rejsek obecný
dansk: Almindelig spidsmus
Deutsch: Waldspitzmaus
English: Common Shrew
español: Musaraña bicolor
eesti: Mets-karihiir
euskara: Satitsu buztankarratu
suomi: Metsäpäästäinen
français: Musaraigne carrelet
magyar: Erdei cickány
italiano: Toporagno comune
lietuvių: Paprastasis kirstukas
Nederlands: Bosspitsmuis
norsk nynorsk: Krattspissmus
norsk: Krattspissmus
polski: Ryjówka aksamitna
română: Chițcan de pădure
русский: Обыкновенная бурозубка
svenska: Vanlig näbbmus
Türkçe: Sivriburunlu fare
українська: Мідиця звичайна

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