Marsupial shrew

Marsupial shrews
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Dasyuromorphia
Family:	Dasyuridae
Subfamily:	Dasyurinae
Tribe:	Dasyurini
Genus:	Phascolosorex Matschie, 1916
Type species
Phascogale dorsalis Gray, 1842
Species
(See text)

The three species in the genus Phascolosorex, also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the Dasyuromorphia order.

There are three species of these dasyurids:

• Phascolosorex brevicaudata
• Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew, Phascolosorex doriae (Indonesia)
• Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew, Phascolosorex dorsalis (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)

References

• Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 26. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 

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