SORICIDAE G. Fischer, 1817
(shrews)

Interactions where SORICIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
has blood sucked by Doratopsylla dasycnema ssp dasycnema a mammal flea Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae Shrews, Churchfield, S., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Siphonaptera/Ctenophthalmidae/Doratopsylla dasycnema subsp. dasycnema/Doratopsylla dasycnema subsp. dasycnemaa mammal flea Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Soricidaeshrews sucks the blood of
has blood sucked by Palaeopsylla soricis ssp soricis a mammal flea Siphonaptera: Ctenophthalmidae Shrews, Churchfield, S., 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Siphonaptera/Ctenophthalmidae/Palaeopsylla soricis subsp. soricis/Palaeopsylla soricis subsp. soricisa mammal flea Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Soricidaeshrews sucks the blood of
is endoparasitised by coiled, subcutaneous Porrocaecum talpae a nematode worm Shrews, Churchfield, S., 1986
 /Animalia/Nematoda/Porrocaecum talpae/Porrocaecum talpaea nematode wormcoiled, subcutaneous Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Soricidaeshrews coiled, subcutaneous endoparasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Churchfield, S., 1986Shrews20pp, The Mammal Society

SORICIDAE (shrews) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Neomys fodiens
Water Shrew, Eurasian Water Shrew
Species 3 references
Sorex
shrews
Genus 2 subtaxa 30 trophisms 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySORICIDAE (shrews)
OrderINSECTIVORA (insectivores)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SORICIDAE (shrews)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Churchfield, S. 1986 Shrews 20pp, The Mammal Society

SORICIDAE (shrews) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Parasitology

Avery, R.A. 1974 Identification of Animal Parasites Hulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SORICIDAE (shrews):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 10 images of SORICIDAE (shrews)
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