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

Common shrew - Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

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

Distribution

Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

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

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

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

Legal status

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
Almindelig spidsmus	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bëschspëtzmaus	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Common shrew	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Erdei cickány	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gewone bosspitsmuis	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gozdna rovka	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hundegjati dhembekuq	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mets-karihiir	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Metsäpäästäinen	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Musaraigne carrelet	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Musaraña colicuadrada	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Paprastasis kirstukas	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Piskor lesný	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rejsek obecný	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ryjówka aksamitna	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Snjáldurmús	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Šumska rovka	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Toporagno comune	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vanlig näbbmus	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Vanlig spissmus	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Waldspitzmaus	German	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	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

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