#0173 · 🦊 mammals

Alpine Shrew

🇳🇱 Bergspitsmuis ·Sorex alpinus

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The alpine shrew ( Sorex alpinus ) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in the alpine meadows and coniferous forests of Southern European mountain ranges: the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkans.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 359iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
359 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz in 1837 (189 years ago).