Crocidura suaveolens

(Pallas, 1811)

Lesser White-toothed Shrew

Side view. Formerly Soricomorpha. Also as Lesser Shrew.
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Location:Czech Republic, Plzen or South Bohemia, Sumava MountainsDate taken:Jan 1, 1980

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 493

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Superfamily : Soricoidea
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Crocidura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114066

Original name as described

Sorex suaveolens

Other common names

Lesser Shrew

Type locality

near Sevastopol, Khersones, Crimea Peninsula, Russia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Belarus · Ukraine · Moldova · Russia · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Iran · Afghanistan? · China · Mongolia

Taxonomy notes

includes gmelini; previously included C. gueldenstaedtii

Taxonomy notes citation

Saeedzadeh, S., Mehdipour, A., Darvish, J., Aliabadian, M. and Mahmoudi, A. 2017. New look at the con-specificity of the two shrews, Crocidura gmelini and C. suaveolens from Iran; geometric morphometrics approach. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 13(2):237-246. a#57918

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004010

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 19 names and synonyms.

Sorex Gmelini

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gmelini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88745

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88745

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114067

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:876, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Fischer (1829:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Lesson (1836:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  4. Vereshchagin (1945:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68593)
  5. Mahmoudi, Shad & Kryštufek (2025:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69358)

Sorex suaveolens

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

suaveolens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29114066

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1821:876, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  2. Fischer (1829:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  3. Lesson (1836:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)

Sorex bogdanowii

(Tikhomirov & Korchagin, 1889)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

bogdanowii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Известия Императорского Общества Любителей Естествознания

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura suaveolens

Schulze, 1897

Family

Soricidae

Root name

suaveolens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority publication

Helios – Abhandlungen und Mitteilungen aus dem Gesamtgebiete der Naturwissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Schulze (1897:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)
  2. Bibikov & Stogov (1963:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68884)
  3. Kahmann (1964:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35873)
  4. Kurtén (1968:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  5. Heller (1970:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68326)
  6. Osborn & Helmy (1980:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5405)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:82, 83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1991:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  10. Hutterer (1993:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  11. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  12. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  17. İbiş, Koepfli, Özcan & Tez (2023:221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67010)
  18. Gritsyshin, Lisenkova, Speranskaya, Artyushin, Sheftel, Lebedev & Bannikova (2023:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67012)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  20. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/221735459/221735673) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  21. Mahmoudi, Shad & Kryštufek (2025:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69358)

Crocidura lignicolor

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Soricidae

Root name

lignicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:62180

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/302533e7b-b946-4730-8322-974d98cb245c

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872043

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura ilensis

G. S. Miller, 1901

Family

Soricidae

Root name

ilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2dea95a9-9aab-49e3-8586-038d3ab3e4c6

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339117

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Miller (1901:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9315)
  2. Trouessart (1904:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Allen (1923:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16033)
  4. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex minutus Gmelini

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gmelini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422960

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Crocidura russulus suaveolens

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Soricidae

Root name

suaveolens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422971

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Crocidura dinnicki

Ognev, 1922

Family

Soricidae

Root name

dinnicki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 9169

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8482959

Authority publication

Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Crocidura lar

G. M. Allen, 1928

Family

Soricidae

Root name

lar

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-59940

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-59940

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

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