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Definition of Sorex

Sorex
Sorex So"rex, n. [L., a shrew.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small Insectivora, including the common shrews.

Meaning of Sorex from wikipedia

- The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this...
- Sorex bifidus is an extinct species of Sorex that lived during the Early Pleistocene. Sorex bifidus is known from Żabia Cave in Poland. Rzebik-Kowalska...
- genera (Sorex and Blarina) of shrews, the tenrecs of Madagascar, bats, and the solenodons. These include the Eurasian or common shrew (Sorex araneus)...
- shrew, Sorex orizabae Ornate shrew, Sorex ornatus Inyo shrew, Sorex tenellus Verapaz shrew, Sorex veraepacis Sorex ixtlanensis (Carraway, 2007) Sorex vagrans...
- Caius Norb**** Sorex was an actor who lived in Italy and was active at Pompeii and Nemi during the time of Augustus. Sorex is depicted in an inscribed...
- The marsh shrew (Sorex bendirii), also known as the Pacific water shrew, Bendire's water shrew, Bendire's shrew and Jesus shrew is the largest North American...
- The ornate shrew (Sorex ornatus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae (shrews). It is endemic to western North America, ranging from Northern...
- The Arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus), also known as the blackback shrew or saddlebacked shrew, is a medium-sized shrew found in Canada and the northern United...
- extant species of Soricinae are divided into 13 genera; 76 of them are in Sorex and 41 in Cryptotis, with the remaining 41 species divided between the other...
- The American pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi), also called the eastern pygmy shrew, is a small shrew found throughout much of Alaska, Canada, and the northern...