The red-toothed shrews of the subfamily Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies of shrews, along with Crocidurinae (white-toothed shrews) and Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamilies Limnoecinae, Crocidosoricinae, Allosoricinae and Heterosoricinae. These species are typically found in North America, northern South America, Europe and northern Asia. The enamel of the tips of their teeth is reddish due to iron pigment. The iron deposits serve to harden the enamel and are concentrated in those parts of the teeth most subject to wear.
The list of species is:
Tribe AnourosoriciniGenus Anourosorex (Asian mole shrews)Assam mole shrew, A. assamensisGiant mole shrew, A. schmidiChinese mole shrew, A. squamipesTaiwanese mole shrew, A. yamashinaiTribe BlarinelliniGenus Blarinella (Asiatic short-tailed shrews)Indochinese short-tailed shrew, B. griseldaAsiatic short-tailed shrew, B. quadraticaudaBurmese short-tailed shrew, B. wardiTribe BlarininiGenus Blarina (American short-tailed shrews)Northern short-tailed shrew, B. brevicaudaSouthern short-tailed shrew, B. carolinensisElliot's short-tailed shrew, B. hylophagaEverglades short-tailed shrew, B. peninsulaeGenus Cryptotis (small-eared shrews)Cryptotis mexicana groupMexican small-eared shrew, C. mexicanaNelson's small-eared shrew, C. nelsoniGrizzled Mexican small-eared shrew, C. obscuraPhillips' small-eared shrew, C. phillipsiiCryptotis goldmani setCentral Mexican broad-clawed shrew, C. alticolaGoldman's broad-clawed shrew, C. goldmaniGoodwin's broad-clawed shrew, C. goodwiniGuatemalan broad-clawed shrew, C. griseoventrisC. lacertosusC. mamOaxacan broad-clawed shrew, C. peregrinaCryptotis nigrescens groupEastern Cordillera small-footed shrew, C. brachyonyxColombian small-eared shrew, C. colombianaHonduran small-eared shrew, C. hondurensisYucatan small-eared shrew, C. mayensisDarién small-eared shrew, C. meraMerriam's small-eared shrew, C. merriamiBlackish small-eared shrew, C. nigrescensCryptotis thomasi groupEcuadoran small-eared shrew, C. equatorisMedellín small-eared shrew, C. medelliniaMerida small-eared shrew, C. meridensisWandering small-eared shrew, C. montivagaPeruvian small-eared shrew, C. peruviensisScaly-footed small-eared shrew or Western Colombian small-eared shrew, C. squamipesTamá small-eared shrew, C. tamensisThomas' small-eared shrew, C. thomasiCryptotis parva groupCentral American least shrew, C. orophilaNorth American least shrew, C. parvaTropical small-eared shrew, C. tropicalisungrouped/relictEnders's small-eared shrew, C. endersiTalamancan small-eared shrew, C. gracilisBig Mexican small-eared shrew, C. magnaTribe NectogaliniGenus Chimarrogale (Asiatic water shrews)Malayan water shrew, C. hantuHimalayan water shrew, C. himalayicaBornean water shrew, C. phaeuraJapanese water shrew, C. platycephalusChinese water shrew, C. styaniSumatran water shrew, C. sumatranaGenus ChodsigoaVan Sung's shrew, C. cauvansungaDe Winton's shrew, C. hypsibiaLamulate shrew, C. lamula (Soriculus lamula)Lowe's shrew, C. parcaPygmy brown-toothed shrew, C. parvaSalenski's shrew, C. salenskiiSmith's shrew, C. smithiiLesser Taiwanese shrew, C. sodalisGenus EpisoriculusHodgsons's brown-toothed shrew, E. caudatusTaiwanese brown-toothed shrew, E. fumidusLong-tailed brown-toothed shrew, E. leucopsLong-tailed mountain shrew, E. macrurusGenus NectogaleElegant water shrew, N. elegansGenus Neomys (Eurasian water shrews)Mediterranean water shrew, N. anomalusEurasian water shrew, N. fodiensTranscaucasian water shrew, N. teresGenus †NesiotitesBalearic shrew, †N. hidalgoSardinian shrew, †N. similisCorsican giant shrew,†N. corsicanusGenus SoriculusHimalayan shrew, S. nigrescensTribe NotiosoriciniGenus MegasorexMexican shrew, M. gigasGenus NotiosorexCockrum's gray shrew, N. cockrumiCrawford's gray shrew, N. crawfordiLarge-eared gray shrew, N. evotisVilla's gray shrew, N. villaiTribe SoriciniGenus Sorex (long-tailed shrews)Subgenus OtisorexLong-tailed shrew, Sorex disparSmoky shrew, Sorex fumeusAmerican pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyiLarge-toothed shrew, Sorex macrodonCarmen Mountain shrew, Sorex milleriDwarf shrew, Sorex nanusMexican long-tailed shrew, Sorex oreopolusOrizaba long-tailed shrew, Sorex orizabaeOrnate shrew, Sorex ornatusInyo shrew, Sorex tenellusVerapaz shrew, Sorex veraepacisSorex ixtlanensis (Carraway, 2007)Sorex vagrans complexGlacier Bay water shrew, Sorex alaskanusBaird's shrew, Sorex bairdiiMarsh shrew, Sorex bendiriiMontane shrew, Sorex monticolusNew Mexico shrew, Sorex neomexicanusPacific shrew, Sorex pacificusAmerican water shrew, Sorex palustrisFog shrew, Sorex sonomaeVagrant shrew, Sorex vagransSorex cinereus groupKamchatka shrew, Sorex camtschaticaCinereus shrew, Sorex cinereusPrairie shrew, Sorex haydeniSaint Lawrence Island shrew, Sorex jacksoniParamushir shrew, Sorex leucogasterSoutheastern shrew, Sorex longirostrisMount Lyell shrew, Sorex lyelliPortenko's shrew, Sorex portenkoiPreble's shrew, Sorex prebleiPribilof Island shrew, Sorex pribilofensisOlympic shrew, Sorex rohweriBarren ground shrew, Sorex ugyunakSubgenus SorexDneper common shrew, Sorex averiniLesser striped shrew, Sorex bedfordiaeStripe-backed shrew, Sorex cylindricaudaChinese highland shrew, Sorex excelsusAzumi shrew, Sorex hosonoiChinese shrew, Sorex sinalisAlaska tiny shrew, Sorex yukonicusSorex alpinus groupAlpine shrew, Sorex alpinusUssuri shrew, Sorex mirabilisSorex araneus groupValais shrew, Sorex antinoriiCommon shrew, Sorex araneusUdine shrew, Sorex arunchiMillet's shrew, Sorex coronatusSiberian large-toothed shrew, Sorex daphaenodonIberian shrew, Sorex granariusCaucasian shrew, Sorex satuniniSorex arcticus groupArctic shrew, Sorex arcticusMaritime shrew, Sorex maritimensisSorex tundrensisTien Shan shrew, Sorex asperGansu shrew, Sorex cansulusTundra shrew, Sorex tundrensisSorex minutus groupBuchara shrew, Sorex buchariensisKozlov's shrew, Sorex kozloviCaucasian pygmy shrew, Sorex volnuchiniSorex caecutiens groupLaxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiensTaiga shrew, Sorex isodonEurasian least shrew, Sorex minutissimusEurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutusFlat-skulled shrew, Sorex roboratusShinto shrew, Sorex shintoLong-clawed shrew, Sorex unguiculatusSorex gracillimus groupSlender shrew, Sorex gracillimusSorex raddeiRadde's shrew, Sorex raddeiSorex samniticusApennine shrew, Sorex samniticusSubgenus incertae sedisArizona shrew, Sorex arizonaeZacatecas shrew, Sorex emarginatusMerriam's shrew, Sorex merriamiKashmir pygmy shrew, Sorex planicepsSaussure's shrew, Sorex saussureiSorex mediopua (Carraway, 2007)Sclater's shrew, Sorex sclateriSan Cristobal shrew, Sorex stizodonTibetan shrew, Sorex thibetanusTrowbridge's shrew, Sorex trowbridgiiChestnut-bellied shrew, Sorex ventralisVeracruz shrew, Sorex veraecrucis
