Sorex Temporal range: Late Miocene to recent
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Cinereous shrew (Sorex cinereus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Subfamily: | Soricinae |
Tribe: | Soricini G. Fischer, 1814 |
Genus: | Sorex Linnaeus, 1758 |
The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America. It contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. They are in the tribe Soricini of the subfamily Soricinae.[1]
The many species in the genus Sorex include:
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