Suncus

Suncus[1]
Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Genus:
Ehrenberg, 1832
Type species
Suncus sacer [2]
Species

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Suncus is a genus of shrews in the family Soricidae.

Classification

  • Genus Suncus
    • Taita shrew, Suncus aequatorius
    • Black shrew, Suncus ater
    • Day's shrew, Suncus dayi
    • Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus
    • Sri Lankan shrew, Suncus fellowesgordoni
    • Bornean pygmy shrew, Suncus hosei
    • Hutu-Tutsi dwarf shrew, Suncus hututsi
    • Least dwarf shrew, Suncus infinitesimus
    • Greater dwarf shrew, Suncus lixa
    • Madagascan pygmy shrew, Suncus madagascariensis
    • Malayan pygmy shrew, Suncus malayanus
    • Climbing shrew, Suncus megalurus
    • Flores shrew, Suncus mertensi
    • Asian highland shrew, Suncus montanus
    • Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus
    • Remy's pygmy shrew, Suncus remyi
    • Anderson's shrew, Suncus stoliczkanus
    • Lesser dwarf shrew, Suncus varilla
    • Jungle shrew, Suncus zeylanicus

References

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 257–261. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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