Russell A. Mittermeier;Don E. Wilson
Myosorex
Sign in to saveMyosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews, contains these species:
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderSoricomorpha
- FamilySoricidae
Die Afrikanischen Waldspitzmäuse (Myosorex) sind eine im mittleren und südlichen Afrika lebende Spitzmausgattung mit rund 15 Arten.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 142
- Family
- Soricidae
- Collections
- USNM, NHMUK, AMNH, UCMP, TM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Zaire
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Myosoricinae
- Image
- Myosorex varius.png
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- Myosorex
- Commons category
- Myosorex
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- topic's main category
- Category:Myosorex
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Encyclopedic overview
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Myosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews, contains these species: Babault's mouse shrew, M. babaulti Montane mouse shrew, M. blarina Bururi forest shrew, M. bururiensis Dark-footed mouse shrew, M. cafer Eisentraut's mouse shrew, M. eisentrauti Geata mouse shrew, M. geata Nyika mouse shrew or Nyika burrowing shrew, M. gnoskei Kahuzi swamp shrew, M. jejei Kabogo mouse shrew M. kabogoensis Kihaule's mouse shrew, M. kihaulei Long-tailed forest shrew, M. longicaudatus Meester's forest shrew, M. meesteri Oku mouse shrew, M. okuensis Rumpi mouse shrew, M. rumpii Schaller's mouse shrew, M. schalleri Sclater's mouse shrew, M. sclateri Thin mouse shrew, M. tenuis Forest shrew, M. varius Kilimanjaro mouse shrew, M. zinki
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Myosorex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.