Episoriculus
Sign in to saveEpisoriculus is a genus of shrew in the red-toothed shrew subfamily. Its common name is brown-toothed shrew. It has been described as a subgenus to Soriculus in the past. The genus occurs at a number of locations in Asia, including Nepal and China.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderSoricomorpha
- FamilySoricidae
Observations16
Groupmammalia
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Episoriculus is a genus of shrew in the red-toothed shrew subfamily. Its common name is brown-toothed shrew. It has been described as a subgenus to Soriculus in the past. The genus occurs at a number of locations in Asia, including Nepal and China.
==Species== Currently, the four identified species of the genus Episoriculus include: Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew (E. caudatus) E. c. sacratus E. c. umbrinus Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew (E. fumidus) Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew (E. leucops) E. l. leucops E. l. baileyi Long-tailed mountain shrew (E. macrurus) The monophyly of the genus has been questioned, as E. fumidus has been found to be only distantly related to other species in the genus.