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Sorex minutus (Eurasian pygmy shrew)

Mammalia - Soricidae

Taxonomy
Sorex minutus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Sorex minutus Linnaeus
1908Microsorex minutus Brown
1930Microsorex minutus Hay p. 440
1968Sorex minutus Kurten p. 43
1980Microsorex minutus Kurten and Anderson p. 109
1992Sorex minutus Dalquest and Schultz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
familySoricidaeFischer 1814
subfamilySoricinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeSoriciniFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusSorex
speciesminutusLinnaeus 1766

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 [Eurasian pygmy shrew]
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Invalid names: Sorex minutus Brown 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:40:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 4.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Sorex minutus, Sorex sp. (32240)
MN 14 - MN 154.9 - 3.2Poland Sorex minutus (33873)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Sorex minutus (33396 33872)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Sorex minutus (199747 205172)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland Sorex minutus (33473 33638)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Sorex minutus (35368 35369 35371)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Poland Sorex minutus (32485 34682)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Sorex minutus (32145 32194 32198 33973 33975 34009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Macedonia) Sorex minutus (34783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sorex minutus (35905)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Verona) Sorex minutus (51625)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Sorex minutus (35431)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Sorex minutus (35457 35459)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Sorex sp. (42867)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Sorex minutus (49993 49995 49997)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Poland Sorex minutus (33874 34192)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Sorex minutus (34765)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Sorex minutus (50242)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Sorex minutus (183123)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Microsorex minutus (20290)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Sorex minutus (50200)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Sorex minutus (35045 35476 36706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Sorex minutus (36214 36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Sorex minutus (50249)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Sorex minutus (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Sorex minutus (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Barany) Sorex minutus (35464 35467 35469)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Sorex minutus (50260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Sorex minutus (34981)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sorex minutus (49999)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Sorex minutus (34010)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Sorex minutus (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Sorex minutus (43691)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Sorex minutus (43629 43631)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Pella) Sorex minutus (204957)