Single species of shrews prefer different sets of forest types and altitudal levels of Slovakia. Using RDA analysis (redundancy analysis) we found out, that Sorex araneus prefers lowlands and stand Ulmeto-Fraxinetum, Fageto-Abietum, Querceto-Fagetum, Abieto-Piceetum a Saliceto- Alnetum; Sorex minutus prefers hillock level and preferencely inhabits Fageto-Quercetum, Pineto- Laricetum, Corneto-Quercetum, Piceetum abietinum, Fagetum dealpinum; occurrence of Sorex alpinus correlates with growing altitude and prefers stands Fraxineto-Aceretum, Sorbeto-Piceetum, Abieto-Fagetum, Fagetum typicum. These conclusions are relevant to catches of shrews (5763 specimen of Sorex araneus, 1898 of Sorex minutus and 384 of Sorex alpinus) from numerous locations (559) with altitudal levels from 100 m a. s. l. to 1800 m a. s. l.