Eurasian pygmy shrew

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Eurasian pygmy shrew[1] Temporal range: Early Middle Pleistocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Sorex
Species:	S. minutus
Binomial name
Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766
Eurasian pygmy shrew range

The Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic.