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Sorex raddei

Taxon: Soricidae
Author: Saba Tsintsadze
Comment: Bakurtsikhe, 07 2015
Uploaded by: Tarkhnishvili

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Scientific Name ID: 45954
Name According To: www.faunaeur.org
Taxon Rank: Family
Scientific Name Authorship: G. Fischer, 1814
Vernacular Name: Shrews
Georgian Name: ბიგასებრნი
GBD Remarks:

This is the largest insectivore family with 23 genera (largest genera are Sorex and Crocidura) and 312 species. Georgia has seven representatives of Holoarctic genus Sorex, Eurasian-African Crocidura and Suncus, and Euro-Siberian Neomys.




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