A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Soricidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Assam Mole ShrewAnourosorex assamensis Anderson, 1875 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant Mole ShrewAnourosorex schmidi Petter, 1963 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese Mole ShrewAnourosorex squamipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1872 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taiwanese Mole ShrewAnourosorex yamashinai Kuroda, 1935 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Everglades Short-tailed ShrewBlarina peninsulae Merriam, 1895 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sherman's Short-tailed ShrewBlarina shermani Hamilton, 1955 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asiatic Short-tailed ShrewBlarinella quadraticauda (A. Milne-Edwards, 1872) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hantu Water ShrewChimarrogale hantu Harrison, 1958 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan Water ShrewChimarrogale himalayica (Gray, 1842) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean Water ShrewChimarrogale phaeura Thomas, 1898 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese Water ShrewChimarrogale styani de Winton, 1899 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatra Water ShrewChimarrogale sumatrana (Thomas, 1921) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dabieshan long-tailed shrewChodsigoa dabieshanensis Z. Chen, T. Hu, X. Pei, G. Yang, F. Yong, Z. Xu, W. Qu, Onditi & B. Zhang, 2022 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Brown-toothed ShrewChodsigoa furva Anthony, 1941 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hoffmann's Brown-toothed ShrewChodsigoa hoffmanni Chen Zhongzheng et al., 2017 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| De Winton's Brown-toothed ShrewChodsigoa hypsibia (de Winton, 1899) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lowe's Brown-toothed ShrewChodsigoa parca G. M. Allen, 1923 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy Brown-toothed ShrewChodsigoa parva G. M. Allen, 1923 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Salenski's Brown-toothed ShrewChodsigoa salenskii (Kastschenko, 1907) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Smith's Brown-toothed ShrewChodsigoa smithii Thomas, 1911 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Taiwanese Brown-toothed ShrewChodsigoa sodalis Thomas, 1913 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Phillips's Congo ShrewCongosorex phillipsorum Stanley, Rogers & Hutterer, 2005 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Long-tailed White-toothed ShrewCrocidura abscondita Eselstyn, Achmadi & Maharadatunkamsi, 2014 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bekele's White-toothed ShrewCrocidura afeworkbekelei Lavrenchenko, Voyta & Hutterer, 2016 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| East African Highland ShrewCrocidura allex Osgood, 1910 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crocidura anhuiensis H. Zang, B.W. Zhang & C. Li, 2019 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bailey's ShrewCrocidura baileyi Osgood, 1936 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kinabalu ShrewCrocidura baluensis Thomas, 1898 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barapi ShrewCrocidura barapi Nations, Handika, Mursyid, Darma Busta, Apandi, Achmadi & Esselstyn, 2024 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Batak White-toothed ShrewCrocidura batakorum Hutterer, 2007 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beccari's ShrewCrocidura beccarii Dobson, 1887 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bottego's ShrewCrocidura bottegi Thomas, 1898 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bale ShrewCrocidura bottegoides Hutterer & Yalden, 1990 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crocidura brevicauda Esselstyn et al., 2021 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thick-tailed ShrewCrocidura brunnea Jentink, 1888 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Dusky ShrewCrocidura caliginea Hollister, 1916 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crocidura caudipilosa Esselstyn et al., 2019 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinderella ShrewCrocidura cinderella Thomas, 1911 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo ShrewCrocidura congobelgica Hollister, 1916 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-footed ShrewCrocidura crenata Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reddish-gray Musk ShrewCrocidura cyanea (Duvernoy, 1838) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dent's ShrewCrocidura denti Dollman, 1915 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dhofar ShrewCrocidura dhofarensis Hutterer & Harrison, 1988 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crocidura dongyanjiangensis L. Yang, S. Chen, B. Liu, R. Liao, Y. Liu & S. Liu, 2020 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doucet's Musk ShrewCrocidura douceti Heim de Balsac, 1958 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large White-toothed ShrewCrocidura dracula Thomas, 1912 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heather ShrewCrocidura erica Dollman, 1915 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fingui White-toothed ShrewCrocidura fingui Ceríaco et al., 2015 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fischer's ShrewCrocidura fischeri Pagenstecher, 1885 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southeast Asian ShrewCrocidura fuliginosa (Blyth, 1855) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.