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Crocidura
Sign in to saveThe genus Crocidura is one of nine genera of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called white-toothed shrews or musk shrews, although both also apply to all of the species in the subfamily. With over 180 species, Crocidura contains the most species of any mammal genus. The genus name Crocidura comes from Ancient Greek κροκύς (krokús), meaning "piece of wool", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "tail", and thus, "woolly tail", referring to the species' tails being covered in short hairs interspersed with longer ones.
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Crocidura is a genus within the family Soricidae. It belongs to the order Soricomorpha, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Wagler in 1832 and is currently accepted. Its parent taxon is Crocidurinae.
Records for this genus span from the Miocene epoch. Occurrence data indicates presence in countries including Israel, France, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Uganda. Specimens are held by institutions such as CM, CUMV, MSB, USNM, and AMNH. The genus has been documented in 140,600 occurrences and 5,046 records.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderSoricomorpha
- FamilySoricidae
模式種 白齒麝鼩 Sorex leucodonHermann, 1780 種 見內文 麝鼩屬（Crocidura），也簡稱灰麝鼩，哺乳綱鼩鼱目鼩鼱科的一屬，而與其同科的動物尚有斑麝鼩屬（斑麝鼩）、長爪鼩屬（長爪鼩）、鼠鼩屬（波爾鼠鼩鼱）等之數種哺乳動物。連同自2004年新增的四種新種，麝鼩屬目前共有175種，是所有哺乳動物中最多種的一屬。 这是一篇與哺乳动物相關的小作品。你可以通过编辑或修订扩充其内容。 查 论 编 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=麝鼩屬&oldid=28000210” 分类： 鼩鼱科 麝鼩属 隐藏分类： 本地相关图片与维基数据不同 全部小作品 哺乳類小作品
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,046
- With media
- 177
- Family
- Soricidae
- Collections
- CM, CUMV, MSB, USNM, AMNH, UWZM
- Recorded in
- Israel, France, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Morocco
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Crocidurinae
- Image
- Crocidura russula (Huisspitsmuis).jpg
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- Category:Crocidura
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- Crocidura
- taxon author citation
- Wagler, 1832
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- temporal range start
- Miocene
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Encyclopedic overview
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- List of species
- Extant species
- Extinct species
- Fossil species
- Cultural significance
- References
The genus Crocidura is one of nine genera of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called white-toothed shrews or musk shrews, although both also apply to all of the species in the subfamily. With over 180 species, Crocidura contains the most species of any mammal genus. The genus name Crocidura comes from Ancient Greek κροκύς (krokús), meaning "piece of wool", and οὐρά (ourá), meaning "tail", and thus, "woolly tail", referring to the species' tails being covered in short hairs interspersed with longer ones.
They are found throughout all tropical and temperate regions of the Old World, from South Africa north to Europe, and east throughout Asia, as far east as the Malay Archipelago. One species, the possibly extinct Christmas Island shrew (C. trichura), also inhabited Christmas Island. They likely originated in Africa or Asia Minor during the Miocene, spread to Europe by the early Pliocene, and spread to eastern Asia and the Mediterranean by the Pleistocene.
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