Sorex

See also: sorex

Translingual

Etymology

Latin sorex (“shrew, shrew-mouse”)

Proper noun

Sorex m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Soricidae – red-toothed shrews.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Soricomorpha - order; Soricidae - family; Soricinae - subfamily; Soricini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sorex araneus - type species
  • See Sorex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia for the very numerous species

Derived terms

• Afrosorex
• Anourosorex
• Congosorex
• Megasorex
• Myosorex
• Notiosorex
• Ruwenzorisorex
• Scutisorex
• Solisorex
• Surdisorex
• Sylvisorex

Further reading

• Sorex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sorex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sorex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sorex at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.