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Diplomesodon
Sign in to saveDiplomesodon is a genus of shrew that contains a single extant species, the piebald shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellus).
Species
Piebald Shrew
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderSoricomorpha
- FamilySoricidae
Observations5
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- Parent taxon
- Crocidurinae
- Image
- Пегий путорак (Diplomesodon pulchellum), Gescheckte Wüstenspitzmaus, Piebald Shrew, Московский зоопарк (Moscow zoo), 18.11.2008.jpg
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Diplomesodon is a genus of shrew that contains a single extant species, the piebald shrew (Diplomesodon pulchellus).
==Taxonomy== An extinct species named Diplomesodon fossorius is known from the Early Pleistocene of South Africa, very distant from the current Caspian region distribution of the piebald shrew.
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