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Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.53

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Soricomorpha
family
Soricidae
genus
Sorex
species
Sorex araneus

Name

Synonyms
Sorex alticola
Sorex araneus bergensis Miller, 1909
Sorex araneus garganicus Pasa, 1953
Sorex araneus hülleri Lehmann, 1966
Sorex araneus silanus Lehmann, 1961
Sorex araneus wettsteini Bauer, 1960
Sorex bergensis
Sorex bohemicus
Sorex bolkayi
Sorex carpathicus
Sorex castaneus
Sorex concinnus
Sorex crassicaudatus
Sorex cskii
Sorex daubentoni
Sorex fretalis
Sorex hermanni
Sorex ignotus
Sorex iochanseni
Sorex labiosus
Homonyms
Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Almindelig spidsmus in Danish
Almindelig spidsmus in Danish
Bëschspëtzmaus in Luxembourgish
Common Shrew in English
Common Shrew in English
Common Shrew in English
Common Shrew in English
Common Shrew in English
Common shrew in English
Common shrew in language.
Erdei cickány in Hungarian
Eurasian Shrew in English
Eurasian Shrew in English
Eurasian Shrew in English
Eurasian Shrew in English
Eurasian shrew in language.
European Shrew in English
European Shrew in English
European shrew in language.
Gewone bosspitsmuis in Dutch
Gozdna rovka in Slovenian
Hundegjati dhembekuq in Albanian
Mets-karihiir in Estonian
Metsäpäästäinen in Finnish
Musaraigne Carrelet in English
Musaraigne carrelet in French
Musaraigne carrelet in English
Musarana Bicolor in English
Musarana bicolor in English
Musaraña colicuadrada in Spanish
Paprastasis kirstukas in Lithuanian
Piskor lesný in Slovak
Rejsek obecný in Czech
Ryjówka aksamitna in Polish
Snjáldurmús in Icelandic
Toporagno comune in Italian
Vanlig näbbmus in Swedish
Vanlig spissmus in Norwegian
Waldspitzmaus in German
Waldspitzmaus in German
Waldspitzmaus in German
\ Waldspitzmaus in English
\ Waldspitzmaus in English
common shrew in English
common shrew in English
gewone bosspitsmuis in Dutch
musaraigne carrelet in French
Šumska rovka in Croatian
Мідиця звичайна in Ukrainian
Eurasian Common Shrew in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Hall, R. (2016-05-01 22:00:00) Däggdjur
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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