Sorex

Of course it has intelligence—of course it has emotion—this so-called comet is the God of the Last Days, the Inconsolable, the Eater of the World, he that is called Sorex Pyrohilael, he whose name can only be uttered by—

Do Comets Dream? S. P. Somtow 2003

Also recorded are northern birch mouse Sicista betulina and masked shrew Sorex caecutiens (the only known population in Poland).

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus 2009

Small mammals such as shrews (Sorex spp.), voles (Microtus, Clethrionomys spp.), and lemmings with relatively large heat losses due to a high surface-to-volume ratio stay in the subnivean space (a cavity below the snow) where they are protected from low temperatures during the winter.

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

The new Sorex species are the Spanish or Iberian shrew S. granarius Miller, 1910, the Taiga or Even-toothed shrew S. isodon Turov, 1924 and the Appenine shrew S. samniticus Altobello, 1926.

The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

Furthermore, the last new mammal from North America dates from 2007: Sorex rohweri, a shrew from Washington (and British Columbia).

The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

More than ten percent of the animal and plant species found at Sierra de la Laguna are endemic such as the ornate shrew (Sorex ornatus).

Sierra de la Laguna pine-oak forests 2008

Sado Island, an island less than 1,000 km2 off western Honshu, has two endemic mammals, the Sado shrew (Sorex sadonis, CR) and the Sado mole (Mogera tokudae, EN).

Biological diversity in Japan 2008

Spanish or Iberian shrew Sorex granarius Miller, 1910

The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

Unique to Glacier Bay is the Glacier Bay water shrew Sorex alaskanus, which is being considered for listing as threatened or endangered under the US Endangered Species Act, 1973.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, United States 2008

The new Sorex species are the Spanish or Iberian shrew S. granarius Miller, 1910, the Taiga or Even-toothed shrew S. isodon Turov, 1924 and the Appenine shrew S. samniticus Altobello, 1926.

Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006