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GENUS Sorex

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 53.
Type Species:Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758.
Comments:

Type genus of Soricidae. The systematic relationships of a large number of Holarctic species were studied by George (1988); her proposals for subgeneric allocation are mainly followed here. Keys and/or reviews are available for the species of various geographical areas: Canada (van Zyll de Jong, 1983a); North and Middle America (Carraway, 1990, 1995; Junge and Hoffmann, 1981); China (Hoffmann, 1987); Siberia (Yudin, 1989); and Europe (Niethammer and Krapp, 1990). Microsorex was formerly regarded as a full genus, then reduced to a subgenus of Sorex by Diersing (1980b), and is now regarded as a synonym of subgenus Otisorex (see George, 1988). Besides subgenera a number of species groups have been distinguished such as the araneus arcticus group (Hausser et al., 1985; Meylan and Hausser, 1973), the cinereus group (van Zyll de Jong, 1991b), and the vagrans group (Carraway, 1990), the boundaries and contents of which are still highly controversial (see Demboski and Cook, 2003). Old World species of Sorex were reviewed by Dannelid (1991b) who provided a phylogenetic hypothesis of relationships. Fumagalli et al. (1996, 1999), Ohdachi et al. (1997a, 2001), and Demboski and Cook (2001, 2003), among others, provided important genetic studies of the phylogeny and geographical variation of certain species complexes. Zima et al. (1998) reviewed data on chromosomal variation in Sorex and suggested species groups that are not always congruent with clusters based on genetical or morphological data.

Not all species can be allocated to subgenera or species groups. There exist various proposals for species groups based on chromosomes, genetics, or morphology, and not all are congruent. Many species have never been studied properly, and the genus offers a wide and promising field for further research. Not all taxon names can be allocated to species. The enigmatic Sorex fimbripes Bachman, 1837 cannot be identified in the absence of the holotype specimen or new material from the type locality (Handley and Varn, 1994). Also the identities of the taxa Sorex pusillus Gmelin, 1774; Sorex dorichurus Kishida, 1937; Sorex longiusculus Kishida, 1928 (? nomen nudum); Sorex longicaudatus Kishida, 1930 (nomen nudum, not Okhotina, 1993); and Sorex longicaudatus Yoshikura, 1956 (not Okhotina, 1993) remain unsolved.

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SPECIES arizonae

SPECIES emarginatus

SPECIES merriami

SPECIES minutissimus

SPECIES planiceps

SPECIES saussurei

SUBSPECIES saussurei

SUBSPECIES godmani

SPECIES sclateri

SPECIES stizodon

SPECIES thibetanus

SPECIES trowbridgii

SUBSPECIES trowbridgii

SUBSPECIES destructioni

SUBSPECIES humboldtensis

SUBSPECIES mariposae

SUBSPECIES montereyensis

SPECIES ventralis

SPECIES veraecrucis

SUBSPECIES veraecrucis

SUBSPECIES cristobalensis

SUBSPECIES oaxacae

SUBGENUS Sorex

SPECIES alpinus

SPECIES antinorii

SPECIES araneus

SPECIES arcticus

SUBSPECIES arcticus

SUBSPECIES laricorum

SPECIES arunchi

SPECIES asper

SPECIES averini

SPECIES bedfordiae

SPECIES buchariensis

SPECIES caecutiens

SPECIES cansulus

SPECIES coronatus

SPECIES cylindricauda

SPECIES daphaenodon

SUBSPECIES daphaenodon

SUBSPECIES sanguinidens

SUBSPECIES scaloni

SPECIES excelsus

SPECIES gracillimus

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SPECIES volnuchini

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SUBSPECIES dahli

SPECIES yukonicus

SUBGENUS Ognevia

SPECIES mirabilis

SUBGENUS Otisorex

SPECIES alaskanus

SPECIES bairdi

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SUBSPECIES permiliensis

SPECIES bendirii

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SUBSPECIES ohionensis

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SPECIES dispar

SUBSPECIES dispar

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SPECIES fumeus

SUBSPECIES fumeus

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SPECIES gaspensis

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SUBSPECIES alnorum

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SUBSPECIES montanus

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SPECIES leucogaster

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SUBSPECIES insularis

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SUBSPECIES longicaudus

SUBSPECIES malitiosus

SUBSPECIES obscurus

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SUBSPECIES halicoetes

SUBSPECIES paludivagus

SPECIES veraepacis

SUBSPECIES veraepacis

SUBSPECIES chiapensis

SUBSPECIES mutabilis

Synonyms:

    Amphiosorex Hall, 1959
    Amphisorex Duvernoy, 1835
    Asorex Mezhzherin, 1965
    Atophyrax Merriam, 1884
    Corsira Gray, 1838
    Dolgovia Vorontsov and Kral, 1986
    Eurosorex Stroganov, 1952
    Fredgia Vorontsov and Kral, 1986
    Homalurus Schulze, 1890
    Hydrogale Pomel, 1848
    Kratochvilia Vorontsov and Kral, 1986
    Microsorex Coues, 1877
    Musaraneus Brisson, 1762
    Neosorex Baird, 1858
    Oxyrhin Kaup, 1829
    Soricidus Altobello, 1927
    Stroganovia Yudin, 1989
    Yudinia Vorontsov and Kral, 1986

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