How To Use Sorex In A Sentence
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Four endemic species of shrew are found only in these forests; the mountain shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus, VU), African foggy shrew (Crocidura caliginea, CR), Congo shrew (C. congobelgica, VU), and the fuscous shrew (C. polia, CR).
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
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The French words souris, a "mouse," and souris, a "smile," are spelled exactly alike; but the one comes from Latin sorex and the other from Latin subridere.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology
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Most of these endemic mammals are shrews and rodents, including two monotypic endemic genera: the Ruwenzori shrew (Ruwenzorisorex suncoides, VU), and Delanys swamp mouse (Delanymys brooksi).
Biological diversity in the Eastern Afromontane
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There are 54 species of mammal including European bison Bison bonasus (EN), grey wolf Canis lupus and lynx Felis lynx, otter Lutra lutra, beaver Castor fiber (LR) (re-introduced in 1955), northern birch mouse Sicista betulina (LR) and masked shrew Sorex caecutiens (the only known population in Poland), as well as elk Alces alces (uncommon).
Bialowieza Forest, Poland
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So is the resemblance between a mouse and a shrewmouse (Sorex), which belong to different orders; and the still closer resemblance, insisted on by Mr. Mivart, between the mouse and a small marsupial animal (Antechinus) of Australia.
XIV. Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology-Embryology-Rudimentary Organs. Analogical Resemblances