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Monotypic taxon: Genus Megasorex Hibbard, 1950 - giant Mexican shrew (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Eulipotyphla - (Family) Soricidae

Original position

Questionably Soricinae (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814

Current position

Notiosoricini (Tribe) Reumer, 1984

Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 280.

Alternative positions

*Soricidae* (Family) Fischer, 1814	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 32.
*Soricinae* (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 109.

Historical positions

*Notiosoricini* (Tribe) Reumer, 1984	Ref: R. Hutterer, 2005: 280.
*Soricinae* (Subfamily) Fischer, 1814	Ref: R. Hutterer, 1993: 109.
*Soricidae* (Family) Fischer, 1814	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 32.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1s]
2005	R. Hutterer: 281	[1s]
1993	R. Hutterer	[1s]
1993	R. Hutterer	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]

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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025