Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Afrosoricida > Family: Soricidae > Genus: Sorex > Species: Sorex alpinus

Alpine shrew - Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1837

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Near Threatened (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	sparsely vegetated land wetlands
May also occur in	cropland grassland heathland and shrub woodland and forest

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Near Threatened

Europe

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species (All species of Soricidae)		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Alpenspëtzmaus	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpenspitzmaus	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpespidsmus	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpespissmus	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpi-karihiir	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpine shrew	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpinis kirstukas	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpipäästäinen	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpnäbbmus	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Alpu cirslis	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bergspitsmuis	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Fjallasnjáldra	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gorska rovka	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Havasi cickány	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Musaraigne alpine	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Musaraña alpina	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Piskor horský	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Planinska rovka	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rejsek horský	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ryjówka górska	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Toporagno alpino	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
All species of Soricidae

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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