Sorex coronatus

Millet, 1828

Crowned Shrew

Also as Millet's Shrew. Formerly Soricomorpha.
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Location:Spain, Castile and León, Burgos province, Villamediana de San Román, 42°58'25.9"N 3°52'53.8"WDate taken:30 August 2025Description:Also as Millet's Shrew. Formerly Soricomorpha.

Distribution :

W Europe from the Netherlands and NW Germany to France and Switzerland, south to N Spain; also in Jersey (Channel Isls), Liechtenstein and westernmost tip of Austria.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7786

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Suborder: Erinaceota
Superfamily: Soricoidea
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Tribe: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Subgenus: Sorex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Millet, P.-A. 1828. Faune de Maine et Loire. Tome Premier. Rosier, Paris, 379 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16096954

Original name as described

Sorex coronatus

Other common names

Millet's Shrew

Type locality

Blou, Maine-et-Loire, France.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Austria · Belgium · France · Germany · Liechtenstein · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Spain · Switzerland · United Kingdom

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004229

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Sorex coronatus

Millet, 1828

Family

Soricidae

Root name

coronatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Elle a été observée à Blou, par M. Courtillé qui a bien voulu nous la communiquer.

Type locality

France: Maine-et-Loire.

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16096954

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1836:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
Corbet & Hill (1980:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #29663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #29663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29663/2792030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sorex personatus

Millet, 1828

Family

Soricidae

Root name

personatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid · preoccupied

Authority page

18 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16096954

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Sorex araneus euronotus

G. S. Miller, 1901

Family

Soricidae

Root name

euronotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101321

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Montréjeau, Hautes Pyrenees, France (in foothills of Pyrenees)

Type locality

France: Haute-Garonne: 43°5′8″N, 0°34′7″E.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37bdef1f6-cd6f-466d-b87d-2aa617288dde

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793029

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller (1901:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9341)
Trouessart (1904:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Miller (1912:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex santonus

Mottaz, 1908

Family

Soricidae

Root name

santonus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Mottaz 1112

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Lignières Sonneville (Charente), France

Type locality

France: Charente.

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924071898765?urlappend=%3Bseq=126%3Bownerid=27021597769213693-130

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de Genève

Name usages

Mottaz (1908:118, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924071898765?urlappend=%3Bseq=126%3Bownerid=27021597769213693-130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69364)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus fretalis

G. S. Miller, 1909

Family

Soricidae

Root name

fretalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.9.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands

Type locality

Jersey.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3e5f9e09-78fd-439f-86e8-69b8a90573c9

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071788

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Miller (1912:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)

Sorex araneus santonus:

G. S. Miller, 1912

Family

Soricidae

Root name

santonus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421359

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Miller (1912:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Sorex gemellus

Ott, 1968

Family

Soricidae

Root name

gemellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMUZ field no. T 500

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Kontaktzone II, Koordinaten 570, 450/123, 688 (Carte nationale de la Suisse 1:25 000 von 1961, Feuille 1285 „Les Diablerets") = 7° 03' 23"/46° 15' 54". Das Gelände (lichter Wald) liegt zwischen einem Bach und der Hauptstrasse. Höhe über Meer: 740 m.

Type locality

Switzerland: Vaud: 46°15′N, 7°3′E.

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43207413

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

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

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