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Sorex araneus
Linnaeus, 1758
- Eurasian common shrew
(mammal)
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Sorex araneus group (Species group)
..Sorex antinorii (Species)
..Sorex arunchi (Species)
..Sorex coronatus (Species)
..Sorex daphaenodon (Species) - large-toothed Siberian shrew
..Sorex granarius (Species)
..Sorex satunini (Species) - Caucasian shrew
..Sorex araneus (Species) - Eurasian common shrew
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Gesn. quadr.: 741.
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 53.
Unavailable subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Sorex araneus group
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 283.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Sorex
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Sorex araneus araneus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Junior subjective synonym
:
Sorex araneus tetragonurus
Hermann, 1780
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 283.
[implicit]
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Cryptotis surinamensis
Ref:
R.M. Nowak, 1991
: 150.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bosspitsmuis
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
Eurasian common shrew
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