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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tundra ShrewSorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barren Ground ShrewSorex ugyunak R. M. Anderson & Rand, 1945 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-clawed ShrewSorex unguiculatus Dobson, 1890 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vagrant ShrewSorex vagrans Baird, 1858 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-bellied ShrewSorex ventralis Merriam, 1895 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Veracruz ShrewSorex veraecrucis Jackson, 1925 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soriculus medogensis Chen et al., 2023 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soriculus minor Dobson, 1890 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan ShrewSoriculus nigrescens (Gray, 1842) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taita ShrewSuncus aequatorius (Heller, 1912) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black ShrewSuncus ater Medway, 1965 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Day's ShrewSuncus dayi (Dobson, 1888) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Etruscan ShrewSuncus etruscus (Savi, 1822) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sri Lanka ShrewSuncus fellowesgordoni W. W. A. Phillips, 1932 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean Pgymy ShrewSuncus hosei (Thomas, 1893) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Least Dwarf ShrewSuncus infinitesimus (Heller, 1912) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater Dwarf ShrewSuncus lixa (Thomas, 1898) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malayan Pygmy ShrewSuncus malayanus (Kloss, 1917) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Climbing ShrewSuncus megalurus (Jentink, 1888) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flores ShrewSuncus mertensi Kock, 1974 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Highland ShrewSuncus montanus (Kelaart, 1850) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian House ShrewSuncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nilgiri Highland ShrewSuncus niger Horsfield, 1851 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Remy's Pygmy ShrewSuncus remyi Brosset, Dubost & Heim de Balsac, 1965 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anderson's ShrewSuncus stoliczkanus (Anderson, 1877) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Dwarf ShrewSuncus varilla (Thomas, 1895) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jungle ShrewSuncus zeylanicus Phillips, 1928 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cameroonian Forest ShrewSylvisorex camerunensis Heim de Balsac, 1968 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grant's Forest ShrewSylvisorex granti Thomas, 1907 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Howell's Forest ShrewSylvisorex howelli Jenkins, 1984 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bioko Forest ShrewSylvisorex isabellae Heim de Balsac, 1968 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Johnston's Forest ShrewSylvisorex johnstoni (Dobson, 1888) | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kongana Forest ShrewSylvisorex konganensis Ray & Hutterer, 1996 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crescent ShrewSylvisorex lunaris Thomas, 1906 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Forest MuskshrewSylvisorex ollula Thomas, 1913 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Forest ShrewSylvisorex oriundus Hollister, 1916 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rain Forest ShrewSylvisorex pluvialis Hutterer & Schlitter, 1996 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bamenda Forest ShrewSylvisorex silvanorum Hutterer, Riegert & Sedlacek, 2009 | SoricidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Volcano Forest ShrewSylvisorex vulcanorum Hutterer & Verheyen, 1985 | 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.