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title: "Eurasian Pygmy Shrew"
description: "Sorex minutus — Mammiferi. The Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-pygmy-shrew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Pygmy Shrew

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

- Scientific name: *Sorex minutus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2109
- Wikidata: [Q244372](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244372)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46471](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46471)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Pygmy Shrew
- de: Zwergspitzmaus
- es: Musaraña enana
- fr: Musaraigne pygmée
- nl: Dwergspitsmuis
- pl: Ryjówka malutka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (323), RU (133), IT (82), IE (74), DE (69), PL (60), CH (53), UA (41), DK (28), FI (26), FR (22), AT (20)

## Summary

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

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_pygmy_shrew

## Photo

![Eurasian Pygmy Shrew](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-pygmy-shrew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Morten Rosenvold Villadsen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199095900

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-pygmy-shrew?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).