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Sylvisorex
Thomas, 1904
- forest musk shrews
(mammal)
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Entity:
Crocidurinae (Subfamily)
..Crocidura (Genus) - white-toothed shrews
..Diplomesodon (Genus) - piebald shrew, Turkestan desert shrew
..Feroculus (Genus) - Kelaart's long-clawed shrew
..†Miosorex (Genus)
..Paracrocidura (Genus)
..Ruwenzorisorex (Genus)
..Scutisorex (Genus) - armored shrew
..†Similisorex (Genus)
..Solisorex (Genus) - Pearson's long-clawed shrew
..†Soricella (Genus)
..Suncus (Genus) - musk shrews
..Sylvisorex (Genus) - forest musk shrews
....Sylvisorex camerunensis (Species)
....Sylvisorex granti (Species)
....Sylvisorex howelli (Species)
....Sylvisorex isabellae (Species)
....Sylvisorex johnstoni (Species)
....Sylvisorex konganensis (Species)
....Sylvisorex lunaris (Species)
....Sylvisorex morio (Species)
....Sylvisorex ollula (Species)
....Sylvisorex oriundus (Species)
....Sylvisorex pluvialis (Species)
....Sylvisorex vulcanorum (Species)
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Original name
:
Thomas, 1904:12.
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Types
Type, by original designation
:
Sylvisorex morio
(Gray, 1862)
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Ruwenzorisorex
(Genus)
Hutterer, 1986
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Suncus
(Genus)
Ehrenberg, 1832
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
forest musk shrews
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