Sorex G. Fischer 1814
- Dataset
- Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Soricomorpha
- family
- Soricidae
- genus
- Sorex
Sorex G. Fischer 1814
Key to species of Genus Sorex in Korea
1 Total length> 120 mm, hind foot> 16 mm.......................................................... S. mirabilis
- Total length <120 mm, hind foot <15 mm.................................................................. 2
2 Heavily pigmented teeth (red pigment reaching into bases of molariform teeth)......................... S. daphaenodon
- Red pigment not extending into bases of molariform.......................................................... 3
3 Rostrum narrow and slender (nasal bone ratio to least interorbital breath 2); 1 st to 3 rd upper unicuspids teeth similar size; 4 th and 5 th unicuspids much smaller................................................................... S. gracillimus
- Rostrum not narrow (nasal bone ratio to least interorbital breath <2); 1 st to 3 rd upper unicuspids teeth not similar size....... 4
4 Second upper unicuspid tooth smaller than 1 st and 3 rd unicuspids..................................... S. minutissimus
- Second upper unicuspid tooth same or larger than 3 rd unicuspid................................................. 5
5 Head and body> 70 mm; upper unicuspids size evenly decrease from 1 st to 5 th; ventral pelage color almost as dark as dorsal color.......................................................................................... S. isodon
- Head and body <60 mm; 1–4 upper unicuspids in similar size (1 st & 2 nd in same size; 3 rd & 4 th in same but slightly smaller than 1 st & 2 nd pair; 5 th is noticeably small); pelage dorsal color much darker than ventral color................... S. caecutiens