Radde's shrew
Sorex raddei Satunin, 1895
The radde's shrew (Sorex raddei) is a species in the family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh about 10 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the radde's shrew
- Weight
- 10 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
- 2.69src for Young per litter or clutch
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the radde's shrew live?
Not recorded
What is the radde's shrew?
Radde's shrew (Sorex raddei) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, and Turkey.
From the Wikipedia article “Radde's shrew” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radde%27s_shrew&oldid=1314763436), 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 radde's shrew endangered?
The radde's shrew is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the radde's shrew classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderEulipotyphla
- familySoricidae
- genusSorex
- SpeciesSorex raddei Satunin, 1895
Synonyms Sorex caucasicus
Other names and names in other languages (12)
- Radde’s shrewEnglish
- rejsek RaddeůvCzech
- Radde-SpitzmausGerman
- kaspianpäästäinenFinnish
- Musaraigne de RadeFrench
- Musaraigne de RaddeFrench
- Toporagno di RaddeItalian
- ラッデトガリネズミJapanese
- Ryjówka skalnaPolish
- Бурозубка РаддеRussian
- Burozubka RaddeRussian
- Kafkasya Sivri Burunlu FaresiTurkish
Relatives of the radde's shrew
Other species in the same genus Sorex.

Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex minutus

Common shrew
Sorex araneus

Laxmann's shrew
Sorex caecutiens

Eurasian least shrew
Sorex minutissimus

Alpine shrew
Sorex alpinus

Taiga shrew
Sorex isodon
CompareRadde's shrew vs Eurasian pygmy shrewRadde's shrew vs Common shrewRadde's shrew vs Laxmann's shrewRadde's shrew vs Eurasian least shrew
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the radde's shrew?
An adult radde's shrew weighs 10 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the radde's shrew endangered?
The radde's shrew is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the radde's shrew?
The radde's shrew (Sorex raddei) belongs to the family Soricidae in the order Eulipotyphla.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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