The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of

shrew Shrews ( family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to dif ...

s, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamilies Limnoecinae, Crocidosoricinae, Allosoricinae and Heterosoricinae. These species are typically found in

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. The enamel of the tips of their teeth is reddish due to

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pigment. The iron deposits serve to harden the enamel and are concentrated in those parts of the teeth most subject to wear. Members of the genera '' Chimarrogale'', '' Nectogale'', '' Neomys'' (

Nectogalini Nectogalini is a tribe of Old World shrews within the family Soricidae. As of late 2007, it consisted of six extant genera and 25 species, with some of the latter being further divided into subspecies. Some, but not all members of the tribe are ...

) and some members of '' Sorex'' (Soricini) are known as water shrews, due to having a semi-aquatic lifestyle.

Species

The list of species is: * Tribe Anourosoricini ** Genus '' Anourosorex'' (Asian mole shrews) *** Assam mole shrew, ''A. assamensis'' *** Giant mole shrew, ''A. schmidi'' *** Chinese mole shrew, ''A. squamipes'' *** Taiwanese mole shrew, ''A. yamashinai'' * Tribe Blarinellini ** Genus '' Blarinella'' (some Asiatic short-tailed shrews) *** Asiatic short-tailed shrew, ''B. quadraticauda'' *** Burmese short-tailed shrew, ''B. wardi'' ** Genus '' Parablarinella'' (some Asiatic short-tailed shrews) *** Indochinese short-tailed shrew, ''P. griselda'' *** Anhui short-tailed shrew, ''P. latimaxillata'' * Tribe Blarinini ** Genus '' Blarina'' (American short-tailed shrews) *** Northern short-tailed shrew, ''B. brevicauda'' *** Southern short-tailed shrew, ''B. carolinensis'' *** Elliot's short-tailed shrew, ''B. hylophaga'' *** Everglades short-tailed shrew, ''B. peninsulae'' ** Genus '' Cryptotis'' (small-eared shrews) *** ''Cryptotis mexicana'' group **** Mexican small-eared shrew, ''C. mexicana'' **** Nelson's small-eared shrew, ''C. nelsoni'' **** Grizzled Mexican small-eared shrew, ''C. obscura'' **** Phillips's small-eared shrew, ''C. phillipsii'' **** ''Cryptotis goldmani'' set ***** Central Mexican broad-clawed shrew, ''C. alticola'' ***** Goldman's broad-clawed shrew, ''C. goldmani'' ***** Goodwin's broad-clawed shrew, ''C. goodwini'' ***** Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew, ''C. griseoventris'' ***** ''C. lacertosus'' ***** ''C. mam'' ***** Oaxacan broad-clawed shrew, ''C. peregrina'' *** ''Cryptotis nigrescens'' group **** Eastern Cordillera small-footed shrew, ''C. brachyonyx'' **** Colombian small-eared shrew, ''C. colombiana'' **** Honduran small-eared shrew, ''C. hondurensis'' **** Yucatan small-eared shrew, ''C. mayensis'' **** Darién small-eared shrew, ''C. mera'' **** Merriam's small-eared shrew, ''C. merriami'' **** Blackish small-eared shrew, ''C. nigrescens'' *** ''Cryptotis thomasi'' group **** Ecuadoran small-eared shrew, ''C. equatoris'' **** Medellín small-eared shrew, ''C. medellinia'' **** Merida small-eared shrew, ''C. meridensis'' **** Wandering small-eared shrew, ''C. montivaga'' **** Peruvian small-eared shrew, ''C. peruviensis'' **** Scaly-footed small-eared shrew or Western Colombian small-eared shrew, ''C. squamipes'' **** Tamá small-eared shrew, ''C. tamensis'' **** Thomas's small-eared shrew, ''C. thomasi'' *** ''Cryptotis parva'' group **** Central American least shrew, ''C. orophila'' **** North American least shrew, ''C. parva'' **** Tropical small-eared shrew, ''C. tropicalis'' *** ungrouped/relict **** Enders's small-eared shrew, ''C. endersi'' **** Talamancan small-eared shrew, ''C. gracilis'' **** Big Mexican small-eared shrew, ''C. magna'' * Tribe

** Genus '' Chimarrogale'' (Asiatic water shrews) *** Malayan water shrew, ''C. hantu'' *** Himalayan water shrew, ''C. himalayica'' *** Bornean water shrew, ''C. phaeura'' *** Japanese water shrew, ''C. platycephalus'' *** Chinese water shrew, ''C. styani'' *** Sumatran water shrew, ''C. sumatrana'' ** Genus ''

Chodsigoa ''Chodsigoa'' is a genus of shrews in the tribe Nectogalini. Species There are currently ten species classified under the genus ''Chodsigoa'': *Van Sung's shrew (''Chodsigoa caovansunga'') (Lunde, Musser and Son, 2003) *''?Chodsigoa hoffmanni ...

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Van Sung's shrew Van Sung's shrew (''Chodsigoa caovansunga''), also known as Cao Van Sung mountain shrew is a species of shrew in the Soricomorpha order. Specimens of ''Chodsigoa caovansunga'' have been found in Vietnam.http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/search.ht ...

, ''C. cauvansunga'' ***'' Chodsigoa furva'' (Anthony, 1941) ***''

Chodsigoa hoffmanni ''Chodsigoa'' is a genus of shrews in the tribe Nectogalini. Species There are currently ten species classified under the genus ''Chodsigoa'': *Van Sung's shrew (''Chodsigoa caovansunga'') (Lunde, Musser and Son, 2003) *''?Chodsigoa hoffmanni ...

'' Zhong-Zheng Chen et al., 2017 ***

De Winton's shrew The De Winton's shrew (''Chodsigoa hypsibius'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a popula ...

, ''C. hypsibia'' ***

Lamulate shrew The lamulate shrew (''Chodsigoa lamula'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population ...

, ''C. lamula'' (''Soriculus lamula'') ***

Lowe's shrew The Lowe's shrew (''Chodsigoa parca'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of ...

, ''C. parca'' ***

Pygmy brown-toothed shrew The pygmy brown-toothed shrew (''Chodsigoa parva'') is a species of shrew in the order Eulipotyphla. It is distributed in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China ...

, ''C. parva'' ***

Salenski's shrew Salenski's shrew (''Chodsigoa salenskii'') is a red-toothed shrew found only in northern Sichuan, China, where it is known from Wolong National Nature Reserve Wolong National Nature Reserve (from Chinese ), officially known as Wolong Special ...

, ''C. salenskii'' ***

Smith's shrew The Smith's shrew (''Chodsigoa smithii'') is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to southwest China Southwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regio ...

, ''C. smithii'' ***

Lesser Taiwanese shrew The lesser Taiwanese shrew (''Chodsigoa sodalis'') is a rare species of shrew Shrews ( family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, ...

, ''C. sodalis'' ** Genus '' Episoriculus'' *** Hodgsons's brown-toothed shrew, ''E. caudatus'' *** Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew, ''E. fumidus'' *** Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew, ''E. leucops'' *** Long-tailed mountain shrew, ''E. macrurus'' ** Genus '' Nectogale'' *** Elegant water shrew, ''N. elegans'' ** Genus '' Neomys'' (Eurasian water shrews) *** Mediterranean water shrew, ''N. anomalus'' *** Eurasian water shrew, ''N. fodiens'' *** Transcaucasian water shrew, ''N. teres'' ** Genus †'' Nesiotites'' *** Balearic shrew, †''N. hidalgo'' (Extinct c. 2000 BC) ** Genus †'' Asoriculus'' *** Sardinian shrew, †A''. similis'' (Extinct: Holocene) ** Genus '' Soriculus'' *** Himalayan shrew, ''S. nigrescens'' * Tribe Notiosoricini ** Genus '' Megasorex'' *** Mexican shrew, ''M. gigas'' ** Genus '' Notiosorex'' *** Cockrum's gray shrew, ''N. cockrumi'' *** Crawford's gray shrew, ''N. crawfordi'' *** Large-eared gray shrew, ''N. evotis'' *** Villa's gray shrew, ''N. villai'' *** '' N. repenningi'' *** '' N. jacksoni'' *** '' N. harrisi'' *** '' N. dalquesti'' * Tribe Soricini ** Genus '' Sorex'' (long-tailed shrews) *** Subgenus ''Otisorex'' **** Long-tailed shrew, ''Sorex dispar'' **** Smoky shrew, ''Sorex fumeus'' **** American pygmy shrew, ''Sorex hoyi'' **** Large-toothed shrew, ''Sorex macrodon'' **** Carmen Mountain shrew, ''Sorex milleri'' **** Dwarf shrew, ''Sorex nanus'' **** Mexican long-tailed shrew, ''Sorex oreopolus'' **** Orizaba long-tailed shrew, ''Sorex orizabae'' **** Ornate shrew, ''Sorex ornatus'' **** Inyo shrew, ''Sorex tenellus'' **** Verapaz shrew, ''Sorex veraepacis'' **** '' Sorex ixtlanensis'' (Carraway, 2007) **** ''Sorex vagrans'' complex ***** Glacier Bay water shrew, ''Sorex alaskanus'' ***** Baird's shrew, ''Sorex bairdii'' ***** Marsh shrew, ''Sorex bendirii'' ***** Montane shrew, ''Sorex monticolus'' ***** New Mexico shrew, ''Sorex neomexicanus'' ***** Pacific shrew, ''Sorex pacificus'' ***** American water shrew, ''Sorex palustris'' ***** Fog shrew, ''Sorex sonomae'' ***** Vagrant shrew, ''Sorex vagrans'' **** ''Sorex cinereus'' group ***** Kamchatka shrew, ''Sorex camtschatica'' ***** Cinereus shrew, ''Sorex cinereus'' ***** Prairie shrew, ''Sorex haydeni'' ***** Saint Lawrence Island shrew, ''Sorex jacksoni'' ***** Paramushir shrew, ''Sorex leucogaster'' ***** Southeastern shrew, ''Sorex longirostris'' ***** Mount Lyell shrew, ''Sorex lyelli'' ***** Portenko's shrew, ''Sorex portenkoi'' ***** Preble's shrew, ''Sorex preblei'' ***** Pribilof Island shrew, ''Sorex pribilofensis'' ***** Olympic shrew, ''Sorex rohweri'' ***** Barren ground shrew, ''Sorex ugyunak'' *** Subgenus ''Sorex'' **** Dneper common shrew, ''Sorex averini'' **** Lesser striped shrew, ''Sorex bedfordiae'' **** Stripe-backed shrew, ''Sorex cylindricauda'' **** Chinese highland shrew, ''Sorex excelsus'' **** Azumi shrew, ''Sorex hosonoi'' **** Chinese shrew, ''Sorex sinalis'' **** Alaska tiny shrew, ''Sorex yukonicus'' **** ''Sorex alpinus'' group ***** Alpine shrew, ''Sorex alpinus'' ***** Ussuri shrew, ''Sorex mirabilis'' **** ''Sorex araneus'' group ***** Valais shrew, ''Sorex antinorii'' ***** Common shrew, ''Sorex araneus'' ***** Udine shrew, ''Sorex arunchi'' ***** Millet's shrew, ''Sorex coronatus'' ***** Siberian large-toothed shrew, ''Sorex daphaenodon'' ***** Iberian shrew, ''Sorex granarius'' ***** Caucasian shrew, ''Sorex satunini'' **** ''Sorex arcticus'' group ***** Arctic shrew, ''Sorex arcticus'' ***** Maritime shrew, ''Sorex maritimensis'' **** ''Sorex tundrensis'' group ***** Tien Shan shrew, ''Sorex asper'' ***** Gansu shrew, ''Sorex cansulus'' ***** Tundra shrew, ''Sorex tundrensis'' **** ''Sorex minutus'' group ***** Buchara shrew, ''Sorex buchariensis'' ***** Kozlov's shrew, ''Sorex kozlovi'' ***** Caucasian pygmy shrew, ''Sorex volnuchini'' **** ''Sorex caecutiens'' group ***** Laxmann's shrew, ''Sorex caecutiens'' *****

Taiga shrew The taiga shrew (''Sorex isodon''), also known as the even-toothed shrew can achieve a body length of about 67 millimeters, with a tail of about 43 millimeters. This shrew is very similar to the long-clawed shrew. This species inhabits forested ...

, ''Sorex isodon'' ***** Eurasian least shrew, ''Sorex minutissimus'' ***** Eurasian pygmy shrew, ''Sorex minutus'' ***** Flat-skulled shrew, ''Sorex roboratus'' ***** Shinto shrew, ''Sorex shinto'' ***** Long-clawed shrew, ''Sorex unguiculatus'' **** ''Sorex gracillimus'' group ***** Slender shrew, ''Sorex gracillimus'' **** ''Sorex raddei'' group ***** Radde's shrew, ''Sorex raddei'' **** ''Sorex samniticus'' group ***** Apennine shrew, ''Sorex samniticus'' *** Subgenus ''

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'' **** Arizona shrew, ''Sorex arizonae'' **** Zacatecas shrew, ''Sorex emarginatus'' **** Merriam's shrew, ''Sorex merriami'' **** Kashmir pygmy shrew, ''Sorex planiceps'' **** Saussure's shrew, ''Sorex saussurei'' **** '' Sorex mediopua'' (Carraway, 2007) **** Sclater's shrew, ''Sorex sclateri'' **** San Cristobal shrew, ''Sorex stizodon'' **** Tibetan shrew, ''Sorex thibetanus'' **** Trowbridge's shrew, ''Sorex trowbridgii'' **** Chestnut-bellied shrew, ''Sorex ventralis'' **** Veracruz shrew, ''Sorex veraecrucis''

References

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