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Carmen mountain shrew

Sorex milleri Jackson, 1947

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The carmen mountain shrew (Sorex milleri) is a species in the family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh 4.07 g to 7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Carmen mountain shrew (Sorex milleri)
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the carmen mountain shrew

Weight
4.07 g – 7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the carmen mountain shrew live?

Not recorded

What is the carmen mountain shrew?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Carmen Mountain shrew (Sorex milleri) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

From the Wikipedia article “Carmen Mountain shrew” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carmen_Mountain_shrew&oldid=1314032365), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the carmen mountain shrew endangered?

The carmen mountain shrew is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the carmen mountain shrew classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderEulipotyphla
  5. familySoricidae
  6. genusSorex
  7. SpeciesSorex milleri Jackson, 1947
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • rejsek MillerůvCzech
  • Miller-SpitzmausGerman
  • Musaraña de Sierra del CarmenSpanish
  • sierramadrenpäästäinenFinnish
  • カルメントガリネズミJapanese
  • Nehrings BergmuisDutch
  • ryjówka ściółkowaPolish
  • Северомексиканская бурозубкаRussian

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Relatives of the carmen mountain shrew

Other species in the same genus Sorex.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the carmen mountain shrew?

An adult carmen mountain shrew weighs 4.07 g – 7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the carmen mountain shrew endangered?

The carmen mountain shrew is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the carmen mountain shrew?

The carmen mountain shrew (Sorex milleri) belongs to the family Soricidae in the order Eulipotyphla.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{carmen_mountain_shrew_2026,
  title = {Carmen mountain shrew (Sorex milleri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/carmen-mountain-shrew},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}