Taiga Shrew

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q1383978
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Summary

Taiga Shrew is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (80 views/month, #1,628 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Sorex[5]
  • Taxon name: Sorex isodon[6]
  • Commons category: Sorex isodon[7]
  • Short name: S. isodon[8]
  • Taxon common name: Equal-toothed shrew[9], Taiga Shrew[10], korpipäästäinen[11], Taiganäbbmus[12], Musaraña Siberiana[13], Musaraigne Sombre[14], Even-toothed Shrew[15], Taigaspitzmaus[16], mustapäästäinen[17], 远东鼩鼱[18], taigaspissmus[19]
  • Habitat: forest[20]
  • Taxon author citation: Turov, 1924[21]
  • Diel cycle: cathemeral[22]
  • Taxon range: North Korea[23], People's Republic of China[24], Mongolia[25], Russia[26], Finland[27], Belarus[28], Sweden[29], Norway[30]
  • Regional conservation status: Data Deficient[31]

Body

Identifiers

Taiga Shrew's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46381[32]. Taiga Shrew's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 62281[33]. Taiga Shrew's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 121612[34]. Taiga Shrew's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2436016[35]. Taiga Shrew's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633794[36].

Why It Matters

Taiga Shrew has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'avk', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es',
    Taxon author citation → Turov, 1924
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Habitat → forest
    Regional conservation status → Data Deficient
    Parent taxon → Sorex
    Diel cycle → cathemeral
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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