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Sorex cinereus
Kerr, 1792
- masked shrew
(mammal)
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Entity:
Sorex cinereus group (Species group)
..Sorex camtschatica (Species)
..Sorex haydeni (Species) - prairie shrew
..Sorex jacksoni (Species) - barrenground shrew
..Sorex leucogaster (Species)
..Sorex longirostris (Species) - southeastern shrew
..Sorex lyelli (Species) - Mount Lyell shrew
..Sorex portenkoi (Species)
..Sorex preblei (Species) - Preble's shrew
..Sorex pribilofensis (Species)
..Sorex ugyunak (Species) - barren ground shrew
..Sorex cinereus (Species) - masked shrew
....Sorex cinereus acadicus (Subspecies)
....Sorex cinereus cinereus (Subspecies)
....Sorex cinereus fontinalis (Subspecies)
....Sorex cinereus hollisteri (Subspecies)
....Sorex cinereus lesueurii (Subspecies)
....Sorex cinereus miscix (Subspecies)
....Sorex cinereus ohionensis (Subspecies)
....Sorex cinereus streatori (Subspecies)
Authorship
Original name
:
Kerr, 1792:206.
Original generic combination
:
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Sorex cinereus group
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 286.
Type of
:
Otisorex
(Subgenus)
De Kay, 1842
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 286.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Sorex cinereus cinereus
Kerr, 1792
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 286.
[implicit]
Synonyms
Junior subjective synonym
:
Sorex cinereus nigriculus
Green, 1932
Ref:
R. Hutterer, 2005
: 286.
[implicit]
Synonymous name
:
Sorex franktownensis
Peterson, 1926
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Sorex personatus
P. A. Millet
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Amerikaanse maskerspitsmuis
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
masked shrew
:
American common shrew
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026