Valais shrew

Weight

8.2 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

3.2 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

21 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

6.56src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

10.7 months – 11 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.9src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The valais shrew is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

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 Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderEulipotyphla
5. familySoricidae
6. genusSorex
7. SpeciesSorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840

Synonyms Sorex arunchi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Eurasian pygmy shrew

Sorex minutus

Soricidae

LC, Least Concern

Common shrew

Sorex araneus

Soricidae

LC, Least Concern

Laxmann's shrew

Sorex caecutiens

Soricidae

LC, Least Concern

Eurasian least shrew

Sorex minutissimus

Soricidae

NT, Near Threatened

Alpine shrew

Sorex alpinus

Soricidae

LC, Least Concern

Taiga shrew

Sorex isodon

Soricidae

CompareValais shrew vs Eurasian pygmy shrewValais shrew vs Common shrewValais shrew vs Laxmann's shrewValais shrew vs Eurasian least shrew

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@misc{valais_shrew_2026,
  title = {Valais shrew (Sorex antinorii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/valais-shrew},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}