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The Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic. Description.
S. minutissimus (Eurasian least shrew) S. minutus (Eurasian pygmy shrew, pictured) S. mirabilis (Ussuri shrew) S. monticolus (Montane shrew) S. nanus (Dwarf shrew) S. neomexicanus (New Mexico shrew) S. oreopolus (Mexican long-tailed shrew) S. orizabae (Orizaba long-tailed shrew) S. ornatus (Ornate shrew) S. pacificus (Pacific shrew)
Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus; Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus This page was last edited on 15 May 2018, at 13:48 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Common & Eurasian pygmy shrews (genus Sorex), size comparison. The common shrew is not an endangered species, but in Great Britain it, like other shrews, is protected from certain methods of killing by the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981. [16] In Britain, shrews can be found at densities of up to one per 200 m 2 (240 yd²) in woodlands.
They range in size from the Eurasian pygmy shrew, at 3 cm (1 in) plus a 3 cm (1 in) tail, to various members of the Chimarrogale genus, at 14 cm (6 in) plus a 13 cm (5 in) tail. Soricines primarily eat insects and other invertebrates, as well as small vertebrates and plants.
The Eurasian least shrew may be mistaken for the slightly larger Eurasian pygmy shrew (S. minutus), which is commonly found in the same areas. Besides the size difference, the two species may be distinguished by the tail and feet of the least shrew being noticeably shorter in proportion to its body.
Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens LC; Mediterranean water shrew, Neomys anomalus LC [4] Tribe: Soricini. Genus: Sorex. Common shrew, Sorex araneus LC; Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens LC; Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus LC; Eurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimus LC (one uncertain finding from 1971 [4]) Family: Talpidae (moles ...
Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) Milne-Edwards, 1872; Himalayan water shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica) (Gray, 1842) Elegant water shrew (Nectogale elegans) Milne-Edwards, 1870; Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) Linnaeus, 1766; Kashmir pygmy shrew (Sorex planiceps) Miller, 1911; Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (Soriculus caudatus ...