Order Insectivora Bowdich 1821

Family Soricidae Fisher 1817, shrews

Genus Neomys Kaup 1829, water shrews

• Neomys fodiens Pennant 1771, Eurasian Water Shrew – rare.

Genus Sorex Linnaeus 1758, long-tailed shrews

• Sorex araneus Linnaeus 1758, Common/Eurasian Shrew – low numbers. In the WSBS vicinity, a new chromosome race "Пояконда" (Poyakonda race, Пояконда (Py). XX/XY1Y2 af, bc,g, hn, ip, jl, kq, mo, r, tu) is registered, with a diploid number of chromosomes 22 in females and 23 in males (because of the sex trivalent XY1Y2 ) (Pavlova S.V., 2010)
• Sorex caetuiens Laxmann 1788, Laxmann's Shrew – common.
• Sorex isodon Turov 1924, Taiga Shrew – rare.
• Sorex minutissimus Zimmermann 1720, Eurasian Least Shrew – rare.
• Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766, Eurasian Pygmy Shrew – rare.

Pavlova S.V. A distinct chromosome race of the common shrew (Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758) within the Arctic Circle in European Russia // Comparative Cytogenetics. 2010. Vol.4. №1. P. 73-78.

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