Courtesy of Rollin Verlinde
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| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota | Opisthokonta | Metazoa | Eumetazoa | Bilateria | Deuterostomia | Chordata | Craniata | Vertebrata | Gnathostomata | Teleostomi | Euteleostomi | Sarcopterygii | Dipnotetrapodomorpha | Tetrapoda | Amniota | Mammalia | Theria | Eutheria | Boreoeutheria | Laurasiatheria | Eulipotyphla | Soricidae | Soricinae | Sorex |
| Common: | Eurasian shrew, European shrew (German: Waldspitzmaus) |
| Comment: | The European shrew Sorex araneus is a small insectivore. It is unusual among mammals in that the number of chromosomes varies widely within a population, due to frequent Robertsonian translocations. |
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Go to NCBI Taxonomy (42254) |
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| Publication: |
Lindblad-Toh K, Garber M, Zuk O et. al. 
( 2011)
Nature 478, 476-482.
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