Red-toothed shrew

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Soricinae[1]
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to Recent
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Baird's shrew (Sorex bairdi)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Fischer von Waldheim, 1817
Genera

See species list

The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamilies , , and . These species are typically found in North America, northern South America, Europe and northern Asia. The enamel of the tips of their teeth is reddish due to iron pigment. The iron deposits serve to harden the enamel and are concentrated in those parts of the teeth most subject to wear.[2]

The list of species is:[1][3]

Southern water shrew (Neomys anomalus)
  • Tribe Nectogalini
    • Genus Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews)
      • Malayan water shrew, C. hantu
      • Himalayan water shrew, C. himalayica
      • Bornean water shrew, C. phaeura
      • Japanese water shrew, C. platycephalus
      • Chinese water shrew, C. styani
      • Sumatran water shrew, C. sumatrana
    • Genus Chodsigoa
    • Genus Episoriculus
      • Hodgsons's brown-toothed shrew, E. caudatus
      • Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew, E. fumidus
      • Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew, E. leucops
      • Long-tailed mountain shrew, E. macrurus
    • Genus Nectogale
      • Elegant water shrew, N. elegans
    • Genus Neomys (Eurasian water shrews)
      • Mediterranean water shrew, N. anomalus
      • Eurasian water shrew, N. fodiens
      • Transcaucasian water shrew, N. teres
    • Genus †Nesiotites
    • Genus Soriculus
      • Himalayan shrew, S. nigrescens
  • Tribe Notiosoricini[1][5]
  • Tribe Soricini
    • Genus Sorex (long-tailed shrews)
      • Subgenus Otisorex
        • Long-tailed shrew, Sorex dispar
        • Smoky shrew, Sorex fumeus
        • American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi
        • Large-toothed shrew, Sorex macrodon
        • Carmen Mountain shrew, Sorex milleri
        • Dwarf shrew, Sorex nanus
        • Mexican long-tailed shrew, Sorex oreopolus
        • Orizaba long-tailed shrew, Sorex orizabae
        • Ornate shrew, Sorex ornatus
        • Inyo shrew, Sorex tenellus
        • Verapaz shrew, Sorex veraepacis
        • (Carraway, 2007)
        • Sorex vagrans complex
          • Glacier Bay water shrew, Sorex alaskanus
          • Baird's shrew, Sorex bairdii
          • Marsh shrew, Sorex bendirii
          • Montane shrew, Sorex monticolus
          • New Mexico shrew, Sorex neomexicanus
          • Pacific shrew, Sorex pacificus
          • American water shrew, Sorex palustris
          • Fog shrew, Sorex sonomae
          • Vagrant shrew, Sorex vagrans
        • Sorex cinereus group
          • Kamchatka shrew, Sorex camtschatica
          • Cinereus shrew, Sorex cinereus
          • Prairie shrew, Sorex haydeni
          • Saint Lawrence Island shrew, Sorex jacksoni
          • Paramushir shrew, Sorex leucogaster
          • Southeastern shrew, Sorex longirostris
          • Mount Lyell shrew, Sorex lyelli
          • Portenko's shrew, Sorex portenkoi
          • Preble's shrew, Sorex preblei
          • Pribilof Island shrew, Sorex pribilofensis
          • Olympic shrew, Sorex rohweri
          • Barren ground shrew, Sorex ugyunak
      • Subgenus Sorex
        • Dneper common shrew, Sorex averini
        • Lesser striped shrew, Sorex bedfordiae
        • Stripe-backed shrew, Sorex cylindricauda
        • Chinese highland shrew, Sorex excelsus
        • Azumi shrew, Sorex hosonoi
        • Chinese shrew, Sorex sinalis
        • Alaska tiny shrew, Sorex yukonicus
        • Sorex alpinus group
          • Alpine shrew, Sorex alpinus
          • Ussuri shrew, Sorex mirabilis
        • Sorex araneus group
          • Valais shrew, Sorex antinorii
          • Common shrew, Sorex araneus
          • Udine shrew, Sorex arunchi
          • Millet's shrew, Sorex coronatus
          • Siberian large-toothed shrew, Sorex daphaenodon
          • Iberian shrew, Sorex granarius
          • Caucasian shrew, Sorex satunini
        • Sorex arcticus group
        • Sorex tundrensis group
          • Tien Shan shrew, Sorex asper
          • Gansu shrew, Sorex cansulus
          • Tundra shrew, Sorex tundrensis
        • Sorex minutus group
          • Buchara shrew, Sorex buchariensis
          • Kozlov's shrew, Sorex kozlovi
          • Caucasian pygmy shrew, Sorex volnuchini
        • Sorex caecutiens group
          • Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens
          • Taiga shrew, Sorex isodon
          • Eurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimus
          • Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus
          • Flat-skulled shrew, Sorex roboratus
          • Shinto shrew, Sorex shinto
          • Long-clawed shrew, Sorex unguiculatus
        • Sorex gracillimus group
          • Slender shrew, Sorex gracillimus
        • Sorex raddei group
        • Sorex samniticus group
      • Subgenus incertae sedis

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 267–300. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Strait, S. G.; Smith, S. C. (August 2006). "Elemental Analysis Of Soricine Enamel: Pigmentation Variation and Distribution in Molars of Blarina Brevicauda". Journal of Mammalogy. American Society of Mammalogists. 87 (4): 700–705. doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-265R4.1. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  3. ^ "New Species Of Desert Shrew Found In Southern Arizona". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2006-05-14.
  4. ^ a b Woodman, Neal (June 2010). "Two new species of shrews (Soricidae) from the western highlands of Guatemala". Journal of Mammalogy. American Society of Mammalogists. 91 (3): 566–579. doi:10.1644/09-MAMM-A-346.1.
  5. ^ Carraway, L. N. (2010). "Fossil history of Notiosorex (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) shrews with descriptions of new species". Western North American Naturalist. 70 (2): 144–163. ISSN 1527-0904.
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