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NRLD - 316565 | Sorex minutus

Assessment ID
316565
Taxon name
Sorex minutus
Linnaeus, 1766
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Sorex minutus
Linnaeus, 1766
Common name(s)
Pygmy shrew
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
soricomorpha
Family
soricidae
Genus
Sorex
Species
minutus
Species authority
Linnaeus, 1766
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Ireland
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Ireland
Country ISO code(s)
IRL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2009
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D.
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/RL3.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals
Marnell, F., Kingston, N. & Looney, D. (2009) Ireland Red List No. 3: Terrestrial Mammals, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland.