What is Sorex?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic Taxobox | fossil_range = Late [[Miocene]] to recent | image = MaskedShrew23.jpg | image_caption = [[Cinereus shrew|Cinereous shrew]] (''Sorex cinereus'') | parent_authority = [[Johann Fischer von Waldheim|G. Fischer]], 1814 | taxon = Sorex | authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] | display_parents = 2 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }} The genus '''''Sorex''''' includes many of the common shrews of [[Eurasia]] and [[North America]]. It contains at least 142 known [[species]] and [[subspecies]]. They are in the tribe '''Soricini''' of the subfamily ''Soricinae''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57557352|title=Mammal species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference|date=2005|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|others=Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn M.|isbn=0-8018-8221-4|edition=3rd|location=Baltimore|oclc=57557352}}</ref> ==Species== The many species in the genus ''Sorex'' include: * [[Saint Lawrence Island shrew]] * [[American pygmy shrew]] * [[Cinereus shrew]] * [[Glacier Bay water shrew]] * [[Pribilof Island shrew]] * [[Montane shrew]] * [[American water shrew]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Sorex| ]]