Sorex minutus - #495
Eurasian Pygmy Shrew
Side view. Formerly Soricomorpha.
Geographic Distribution
Europe to Yenesei River and Lake Baikal, south to Altai and Tien Shan Mtns; populations of Nepal and China have been alternatively identified as minutus or thibetanus; populations of Turkey and the Caucasus as minutus or volnuchini; populations of Kashmir and N Pakistan as minutus, planiceps, or thibetanus.
Order/Family
Soricidae
Genus
Sorex
Specific Epithet
minutus
Image Location
Czech Republic, South Bohemia
Image Date
1976
Photographer
M Andera