Eulipotyphla
Family: [Erinaceidae (Hedgehogs and Moonrats/Gymnures)]
—No subordinate taxa
†Family: Nesophontidae (West Indian shrews)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Nesophontes edithae | Anthony, 1916 | Puerto Rican nesophontes, Edith's island-shrew, Edith's nesophont, Puerto Rican shrew | After 1500 AD | Puerto Rico | Extinct | Access |
Nesophontes hemicingulus | Morgan et al., 2019 | Cayman nesophont(es) | subfossil | Cayman Brac & Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands | Extinct | Access |
Nesophontes hypomicrus | Miller, 1929 | Atalaye nesophontes, Lesser Hispaniolan nesophont, Hispaniolan nesophont, Hispaniola island shrew | After 1500 AD? | Haiti (including La Gonâve), Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
Nesophontes longirostris | Anthony, 1919 | Slender Cuban nesophontes, Cuban long-nosed nesophont | ? | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
Nesophontes major | Arredondo, 1970 | Greater Cuban nesophontes | ? | Cuba | Extinct | Access |
Nesophontes micrus | G. M. Allen, 1917 | Western Cuban nesophontes, West Cuban nesophont, West Cuban island shrew | ? | Cuba (including Isle of Pines) and Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
Nesophontes paramicrus | Miller, 1929 | St. Michel nesophontes, Hispaniolan nesophont | ? | Haiti, Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
Nesophontes submicrus | Arredondo, 1970 | Lesser Cuban nesophontes | ? | Cuba | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Nesophontes superstes | Fischer, 1977 | Cuban nesophontes | ? | Cuba | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Nesophontes zamicrus | Miller, 1929 | Haitian nesophontes, Least Hispaniolan nesophont, Haitian nesophont, Haitian island shrew | ? | Haiti, Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
Family: Solenodontidae (Solenodons)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Solenodon arredondoi | Morgan & Ottenwalder, 1993 | Giant solenodon | late Quaternary | Cuba (western) | Extinct | Access |
Solenodon cubanus | Peters, 1861 | Buff-headed Cuban solenodon, Cuban solenodon, Almiqui | - | Cuba | Rediscovered | Access |
Solenodon marcanoi | (Patterson, 1962) | Marcano's solenodon | Holocene (1970's?) | Dominican Republic, Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
Solenodon ottenwalderi |
Viñola-López et al., 2024 | - | Late Pleistocene-Holocene border | Tiburon Peninsula, Haiti, Hispaniola | Extinct | Access |
Solenodon paradoxus | Brandt, 1833 | Hispaniolan solenodon, Haitian solenodon | - | Hispaniola | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Soricidae (True Shrews)
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Anourosorex japonicus | Shikama and Hasegawa, 1958 | - | Late Pleistocene | Japan | Extinct | Access |
Asoriculus corsicanus | (Bate, 1945) | Corsican giant shrew | ? | Corsica (France) | Extinct | Access |
Asoriculus similis | (Hensel, 1855) | - | late Pleistocene | Sardinia (Italy) | Extinct | Access |
Blarina shermani | (Hamilton, 1955) | Sherman's southern short-tailed shrew | 1954/55 | near Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, USA | Missing | Access |
Chodsigoa salenskii | (Kastschenko, 1907) | Salenski's shrew | (rediscovered) | China | Rediscovered | Access |
Chodsigoa sodalis | Thomas, 1913 | Lesser Taiwanese shrew, Koshun shrew | (rediscovered) | Taiwan | Rediscovered | Access |
Congosorex polli | Balsac & Lamotte, 1956 | Greater Congo shrew, Poll's shrew | ? | Kasai, Labondai, Democratic Republic of Congo | Missing | Access |
Crocidura andamanensis | Miller, 1902 | Andaman white-toothed shrew, Andaman shrew | (rediscovered) | Andaman Islands, India | Rediscovered | Access |
Crocidura balsamifera | Hutterer, 1994 | Mummified shrew, Mummy shrew | c.400 BC | Egypt | Extinct | Access |
Crocidura caliginea | Hollister, 1916 | African dusky shrew, African foggy shrew | (rediscovered) | DR Congo | Rediscovered | Access |
Crocidura dhofarensis | Hutterer & Harrison, 1988 | Dhofarian Shrew | (rediscovered) | Oman & Yemen | Rediscovered | Access |
Crocidura floweri | Dollman, 1915 | Flower's shrew | (rediscovered) | Egypt | Rediscovered | Access |
Crocidura goliath | Thomas, 1906 | Goliath shrew | (rediscovered) | western Central Africa | Rediscovered | Access |
Crocidura jenkinsi | Chakraborty, 1978 | Jenkin's shrew, Jenkin’s Andaman spiny shrew | (rediscovered) | Andaman Islands, India | Rediscovered | Access |
Crocidura macmillani | Dollman, 1915 | Macmillan's shrew | (rediscovered) | Western Plateau, Ethiopia | Rediscovered | Access |
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Crocidura obtusa
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Kretzoi, 1938 | Pleistocene white-toothed shrew | Late Pleistocene | Europe | Extinct | Access |
Crocidura picea | Sanderson, 1940 | Cameroonian shrew, Pitch shrew | (rediscovered) | Cameroon | Rediscovered | Access |
Crocidura polia |
Hollister, 1916 | Fuscous shrew, Polia's shrew | 1916 or before | Medje, Democratic Republic of the Congo | Missing | Access |
Crocidura religiosa | I. Geoffroy, 1827 | Egyptian pygmy shrew, Mummy shrew | ? | Egypt | Missing | Access |
Crocidura sicula esuae | Kotsakis, 1986 | Pleistocene Sicilian shrew | Late Pleistocene | Sicily, Italy | Extinct | Access |
Crocidura suaveolens praecypria | Reumer & Oberli, 1988 | - | Holocene | Cyprus | Extinct | Access |
Crocidura thomensis | Bocage, 1887 | São Tomé shrew | (rediscovered) | São Tomé | Rediscovered | Access |
Crocidura trichura | (Dobson, 1889) | Christmas Island shrew, Christmas Island musk shrew | 1985/86 | Christmas Island, Australia | Missing | Access |
Crocidura wimmeri | Balsac & Aellen, 1958 | Wimmer's shrew | (rediscovered) | Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) | Rediscovered | Access |
Cryptotis endersi | Setzer, 1950 | Ender's small-eared shrew | (rediscovered) | Panama (western) | Rediscovered | Access |
Cryptotis nelsoni | (Merriam, 1895) | Nelson's small eared shrew | (rediscovered) | Veracruz state, Mexico | Rediscovered | Access |
Diplomesodon sonnerati | Cheke, 2012 | Sonnerat's shrew | pre-1814 | Pondicherry (formerly Puducherry), southern India | Missing | Access |
Myosorex eisentrauti | Heim de Balsac, 1968 | Eisentraut's mouse shrew | 1968 | Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea | Missing | Access |
Myosorex rumpii | (Heim de Balsac, 1968) | Rumpi mouse shrew | c.1967 | Rumpi Hills, southwestern Cameroon | Missing | Access |
Myosorex schalleri | Balsac, 1966 | Schaller’s mouse shrew | pre-1967 | Itombwe Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo | Missing | Access |
Nesiotites hidalgo | Bate, 1944 | Balearic shrew | 4280 ± 50 yBP | Majorca and Minorca, Spain | Extinct | Access |
Notiosorex dalquesti | Carraway, 2010 | Dalquest’s shrew | 565 yrBP | Mexico & USA | Extinct | Access |
Notiosorex harrisi | Carraway, 2010 | Harris' shrew | ≤1360yrBP | Mexico & USA | Extinct | Access |
Paracrocidura graueri | Hutterer, 1986 | Grauer's large-headed shrew, Grauer's shrew | 1908 | Itombwe Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo | Missing | Access |
Sorex alaskanus | Merriam, 1900 | Glacier Bay water shrew, Alaska water shrew | 1899 or 1970 | Alaska (southeastern), USA | Missing | Access |
Sorex ornatus juncensis | Nelson & Goldman, 1909 | Tule shrew | September 1905 | Socorro, Mexico | Rediscovered | Access |
Sorex ornatus lagunae | Nelson & Goldman, 1909 | (rediscovered) | Mexico | Rediscovered | Access | |
Sorex ornatus relictus | Grinnell, 1932 | Buena Vista Lake shrew | (rediscovered) | Buena Vista Lake, Kern County, California, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Sorex runtonensis | Hinton, 1911 | Long-tailed shrew | Late Pleistocene | Europe | Extinct | Access |
Sorex sclateri | Merriam, 1897 | Sclater's shrew | ? | Chiapas State, México | Missing | Access |
Family: Talpidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Talpa tyrrhenica | Bate, 1945 | Sardinian mole | Late Pleistocene | Corsica & Sardinia | Extinct | Access |