Sorex
See also: sorex
Translingual
Etymology
Latin sorex (“shrew, shrew-mouse”)
Proper noun
Sorex m
- 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.