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Taxon: Genus Sorex Linnaeus, 1758 - long-tailed shrews (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank Linnaeus, C. 1748. Syst. Nat. (ed. 6): 2, 10.
Original name, rank & spelling Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 53.

Types

Type ofSoricini (Tribe) Fischer, 1814
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Sorex (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable nameSorex (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Synonymous nameAtophyrax (Genus) Merriam, 1884 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameCorsira (Genus) Gray, 1838 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameHomalurus (Genus) Schulze, 1890 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameHydrogale (Genus) Pomel, 1848, nom. illeg. Ref: PBDB: 13 Feb 2019.
Synonymous nameMicrosorex (Genus) Baird, 1877 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameMusaraneus (Genus) Brisson, 1762 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameNeosorex (Genus) Baird, 1857 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameOtisorex (Genus) De Kay, 1842 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous nameSoricidus (Genus) Altobello, 1927 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namelong-tailed shrews
red-toothed shrews Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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