The Zoochat Photographic Guide to the Eulipotyphla

Blarina


Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicaudus)

The range of this species extends throughout much of central and eastern North America, from central Saskatchewan in the north to northeast Oklahoma in the south, and east to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the north and northeast South Carolina in the south.

Eleven subspecies are recognised:

B. b. brevicaudus
B. b. aloga
B. b. angusta
B. b. churchi
B. b. compacta
B. b. hooperi
B. b. kirtlandi - photo by @ZooFuss



B. b. manitobensis
B. b. pallida
B. b. talpoides - photo by @Giant Eland



B. b. telmalestes
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The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina hulophaga)
Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis)
Everglades Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina peninsulae)
Sherman's Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina shermani)
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Blarinella


The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Sichuan Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella quadraticauda)
Burmese Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella wardi)
Indochinese Short-tailed Shrew (Blarinella griselda)
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Anourosorex


The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Chinese Mole Shrew (Anourosorex squamipes)
Taiwanese Mole Shrew (Anourosorex yamashinai)
Assam Mole Shrew (Anourosorex assamensis)
Giant Mole Shrew (Anourosorex schmidi)
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Notiosorex


The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Desert Gray Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)
Cockrum's Gray Shrew (Notiosorex cockrumi)
Large-eared Gray Shrew (Notiosorex evotis)
Villa's Gray Shrew (Notiosorex villai)
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Megasorex


The following species is not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Mexican Shrew (Megasorex gigas)
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Episoriculus


The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus fumidus)
Arboreal Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus macrurus)
Bailey's Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus baileyi)
Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus leucops)
Hodgson's Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus caudatus)
Sichuan Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus sacratus)
Hidden Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus umbrinus)
Nepalese Brown-toothed Shrew (Episoriculus soluensis)
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Soriculus


The following species is not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Himalayan Shrew (Soriculus nigrescens)
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Chodsigoa


The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

De Winton's Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa hypsibia)
Pygmy Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa parva)
Smith's Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa smithii)
Salenski's Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa salenskii)
Dusky Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa furva)
Lesser Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa sodalis)
Van Sung's Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa caovansunga)
Hoffmann's Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa hoffmanni)
Lowe's Brown-toothed Shrew (Chodsigoa parca)
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Chimarrogale


Japanese Water Shrew (Chimarrogale platycephala)

Endemic to Japan, where it occurs throughout Honshu and Kyushu.

Monotypic.

Photo by @devilfish



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The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Bornean Water Shrew (Chimarrogale phaeura)
Sumatran Water Shrew (Chimarrogale sumatrana)
Malayan Water Shrew (Chimarrogale hantu)
Chinese Water Shrew (Chimarrogale styani)
Himalayan Water Shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica)
Leander's Water Shrew (Chimarrogale leander)
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Nectogale


The following species is not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Elegant Water Shrew (Nectogale elegans)
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Neomys


Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)

The range of this species extends throughout much of northern Eurasia, from the British Isles and northern Iberian Peninsula in the west, throughout Europe and western Russia into the steppes of central and southern Siberia, to the Pacific coastline of the Russian Far East in the east.

Four subspecies are recognised:

N. f. fodiens - photo by @Giant Eland



N. f. bicolor - photo by @gentle lemur



N. f. niethammeri
N. f. orientis

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The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Southern Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus)
Transcaucasian Water Shrew (Neomys teres)
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Palawanosorex


The following species is not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Palawan Moss Shrew (Palawanosorex muscorum)
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Solisorex


The following species is not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew (Solisorex pearsoni)
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Feroculus


The following species is not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (Feroculus feroculus)
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Suncus


Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus)

The range of this species extends patchily and in a highly-fragmented distribution of disjunct populations throughout southern Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and Caucasus, and into Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and Indochina; a particularly isolated population is present on Madagascar. Although currently classified within Suncus, preliminary genetic research suggests that S. etruscus is basal to a clade formed by Asian Suncus and all Crocidura, and hence it will require a new genus for monophyly to be maintained.

Seven subspecies are currently recognised:

S. e. etruscus - photo by @Giant Eland



S. e. bactrianus
S. e. madagascarensis
S. e. micronyx
S. e. nanula
S. e. nudipes
S. e. perrottetti


Greater Dwarf Shrew (Suncus lixa)

Photo by @BeardsleyZooFan




Asian House Shrew (Suncus murinus)

The range of this species extends throughout the Indian Subcontinent and Sri Lanka into southern China and Taiwan, and south into Indochina and the Malay Peninsula; introduced populations extend throughout Japan, the Greater and Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, Philippines, islands throughout the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa.

Currently recognised as monotypic.

Photo by @Giant Eland



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The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Sri Lankan Shrew (Suncus fellowesgordoni)
Malayan Pygmy Shrew (Suncus malayanus)
Bornean Pygmy Shrew (Suncus hosei)
Jungle Shrew (Suncus zeylanicus)
Sri Lankan Highland Shrew (Suncus montanus)
Nilgiri Highland Shrew (Suncus niger)
Anderson's Shrew (Suncus stoliczkanus)
Day's Shrew (Suncus dayi)
Flores Shrew (Suncus mertensi)
Black Shrew (Suncus ater)
Taita Shrew (Suncus aequitorius)
Hutu-Tutsi Dwarf Shrew (Suncus hututsi)
Least Dwarf Shrew (Suncus infinitesimus)
Remy's Pygmy Shrew (Suncus remyi)
Lesser Dwarf Shrew (Suncus varilla)
Climbing Shrew (Suncus megalurus)
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Ruwenzorisorex


The following species is not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Rwenzori Shrew (Ruwenzorisorex suncoides)
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Sylvisorex


The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Johnston's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex johnstoni)
Akaibe's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex akaibei)
Moon Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex lunaris)
Greater Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex ollula)
Lesser Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus)
Bioko Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex isabellae)
Corbet's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex corbeti)
Bamenda Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex silvanorum)
Rainforest Shrew (Sylvisorex pluvialus)
Cameroonian Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex camerunensis)
Mount Cameroon Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex morio)
Kongana Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex konganensis)
Volcano Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex vulcanorum)
Grant's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex granti)
Howell's Forest Shrew (Sylvisorex howelli)
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Scutisorex


The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Armoured Hero Shrew (Scutisorex somereni)
Thor's Hero Shrew (Scutisorex thori)
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Paracrocidura


The following species are not represented within the Zoochat gallery:

Greater Large-headed Shrew (Paracrocidura maxima)
Lesser Large-headed Shrew (Paracrocidura schoutedeni)
Grauer's Large-headed Shrew (Paracrocidura graueri)
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Diplomesodon


Piebald Shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellus)

The range of this species is restricted to the deserts of western and southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

Monotypic.

Photo by @Giant Eland


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