large-headed shrew
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Paracrocidura is a genus of shrews. They are mammals in the family Soricidae. The vernacular name large-headed shrews is sometimes collectively applied to the genus, but has also been applied to the species Crocidura grandiceps.
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Vinony's link graph records 479 inbound references to large-headed shrew, and connects out to Soricidae, Sorex and Eastern mole.
It is catalogued under topics including Mammal genera, Paracrocidura and Taxa named by Henri Heim de Balsac.
Vinony links it to 19 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Crocidurinae
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- Paracrocidura
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- Category:Paracrocidura
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Paracrocidura is a genus of shrews. They are mammals in the family Soricidae. The vernacular name large-headed shrews is sometimes collectively applied to the genus, but has also been applied to the species Crocidura grandiceps.
The genus contains the following species: Grauer's large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura graueri) Greater large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura maxima) Lesser large-headed shrew (Paracrocidura schoutedeni)
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