Myosorex

Myosorex: Myosorex

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Soricomorpha

Family: Soricidae

Subfamily: Myosoricinae

Genus: Myosorex

Species

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Myosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus contains the following species:

Babault's Mouse Shrew, Myosorex babaulti

Montane Mouse Shrew, Myosorex blarina

Dark-footed Mouse Shrew, Myosorex cafer

Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew, Myosorex eisentrauti

Geata Mouse Shrew, Myosorex geata

Nyika Mouse Shrew or Nyika Burrowing Shrew, Myosorex gnoskei Peterhans, Hutterer, Kaliba & Mazibuko, 2008

Kihaule's Mouse Shrew, Myosorex kihaulei

Long-tailed Forest Shrew, Myosorex longicaudatus

Oku Mouse Shrew, Myosorex okuensis

Rumpi Mouse Shrew, Myosorex rumpii

Schaller's Mouse Shrew, Myosorex schalleri

Sclater's Mouse Shrew, Myosorex sclateri

Thin Mouse Shrew, Myosorex tenuis

Forest Shrew, Myosorex varius

Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew, Myosorex zinki

v · d · eExtant species of order Soricomorpha

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Infraclass: Eutheria · Superorder: Laurasiatheria

Family Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae

Crocidura
(White-toothed
shrews)
Cyrenaica Shrew (C. aleksandrisi) · East African Highland Shrew (C. allex) · Andaman Shrew (C. andamanensis) · C. annamitensis · Ansell's Shrew (C. ansellorum) · Arabian Shrew (C. arabica) · Jackass Shrew (C. arispa) · Armenian Shrew (C. armenica) · Asian Gray Shrew (C. attenuata) · Hun Shrew (C. attila) · Bailey's Shrew (C. baileyi) · Kinabalu Shrew (C. baluensis) · C. cranbrooki · Long-footed Shrew (C. crenata) · Crosse's Shrew (C. crossei) · Reddish-gray Musk Shrew (C. cyanea) · Dent's Shrew (C. denti) · Desperate Shrew (C. desperata) · Dhofar Shrew (C. dhofarensis) · Long-tailed Musk Shrew (C. dolichura) · Doucet's Musk Shrew (C. douceti) · Dsinezumi Shrew (C. dsinezumi) · Eisentraut's Shrew (C. eisentrauti) · Elgon Shrew (C. elgonius) · Elongated Shrew (C. elongata) · Heather Shrew (C. erica) · Fischer's Shrew (C. fischeri) · Greater Red Musk Shrew (C. flavescens) · Flower's Shrew (C. floweri) · Bornean Shrew (C. foetida) · Fox's Shrew (C. foxi) · Southeast Asian Shrew (C. fuliginosa) · Savanna Shrew (C. fulvastra) · Smoky White-toothed Shrew (C. fumosa) · Bicolored Musk Shrew (C. fuscomurina) · Glass's Shrew (C. glassi) · Gmelin's White-toothed Shrew (C. gmelini) · Goliath Shrew (C. goliath) · Peters's Musk Shrew (C. gracilipes) · Large-headed Shrew (C. grandiceps) · Greater Mindanao Shrew (C. grandis) · Grasse's Shrew (C. grassei) · Luzon Shrew (C. grayi) · Greenwood's Shrew (C. greenwoodi) · C. guy · Harenna Shrew (C. harenna) · C. hikmiya · Hildegarde's Shrew (C. hildegardeae) · Hill's Shrew (C. hilliana) · Lesser Red Musk Shrew (C. hirta) · Andaman Spiny Shrew (C. hispida) · Horsfield's Shrew (C. horsfieldii) · Hutan Shrew (C. hutanis) · North African White-toothed Shrew (C. ichnusae) · C. phanluongi · Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae (Cont.)

Diplomesodon
Piebald Shrew (D. pulchellum)

Feroculus
Kelaart's Long-clawed Shrew (F. feroculus)

Paracrocidura
(Large-headed
shrews)
Grauer's Large-headed Shrew (P. graueri) · Greater Large-headed Shrew (P. maxima) · Lesser Large-headed Shrew (P. schoutedeni)

Ruwenzorisorex
Ruwenzori Shrew (R. suncoides)

Scutisorex
Armored Shrew (S. somereni)

Solisorex
Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew (S. pearsoni)

Suncus
Sylvisorex
(Forest shrews)

S. akaibei · Cameroonian Forest Shrew (S. cameruniensis) · Grant's Forest Shrew (S. granti) · Howell's Forest Shrew (S. howelli) · Bioko Forest Shrew (S. isabellae) · Johnston's Forest Shrew (S. johnstoni) · Kongana Shrew (S. konganensis) · Moon Forest Shrew (S. lunaris) · Mount Cameroon Forest Shrew (S. morio) · Greater Forest Shrew (S. ollula) · Lesser Forest Shrew (S. oriundus) · Rain Forest Shrew (S. pluvialis) · Volcano Shrew (S. vulcanorum)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Soricinae

Anourosoricini

Anourosorex
(Mole shrews)

Assam Mole Shrew (A. assamensis) · Giant Mole Shrew (A. schmidi) · Chinese Mole Shrew (A. squamipes) · Taiwanese Mole Shrew (A. yamashinai)

Blarinellini

Blarinella
(Asiatic
short-tailed shrews)

Indochinese Short-tailed Shrew (B. griselda) · Asiatic Short-tailed Shrew (B. quadraticauda) · Burmese Short-tailed Shrew (B. wardi)

Blarinini

Blarina
(American
short-tailed shrews)

Northern Short-tailed Shrew (B. brevicauda) · Southern Short-tailed Shrew (B. carolinensis) · Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (B. hylophaga) · Everglades Short-tailed Shrew (B. peninsulae)

Cryptotis
(Small-eared
shrews)

C. mexicana group: Mexican Small-eared Shrew (C. mexicana) · Nelson's Small-eared Shrew (C. nelsoni) · C. lacertosus · C. mam · Nectogalini

Chimarrogale
(Asiatic
water shrews)

Malayan Water Shrew (C. hantu) · Himalayan Water Shrew (C. himalayica) · Bornean Water Shrew (C. phaeura) · Japanese Water Shrew (C. platycephalus) · Chinese Water Shrew (C. styani) · Sumatran Water Shrew (C. sumatrana)

Chodsigoa

Van Sung's Shrew (C. caovansunga) · De Winton's Shrew (C. hypsibia) · Lamulate Shrew (C. lamula) · Lowe's Shrew (C. parca) · Pygmy Brown-toothed Shrew (C. parva) · Salenski's Shrew (C. salenskii) · Smith's Shrew (C. smithii) · Lesser Taiwanese Shrew (C. sodalis)

Episoriculus

Hodgsons's Brown-toothed Shrew (E. caudatus) · Taiwanese Brown-toothed Shrew (E. fumidus) · Long-tailed Brown-toothed Shrew (E. leucops) · Long-tailed Mountain Shrew (E. macrurus)

Nectogale

Elegant Water Shrew (N. elegans)

Neomys

Mediterranean Water Shrew (N. anomalus) · Eurasian Water Shrew (N. fodiens) · Transcaucasian Water Shrew (N. teres)

Soriculus

Himalayan Shrew (S. nigrescens)

Notiosoricini

Megasorex

Mexican Shrew (M. gigas)

Notiosorex

Cockrum's Gray Shrew (N. cockrumi) · Crawford's Gray Shrew (N. crawfordi) · Large-eared Gray Shrew (N. evotis) · Villa's Gray Shrew (N. villai)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Soricinae (Tribe Soricini)

Sorex
(Long-tailed
shrews)

Subgenus
Otisorex

Long-tailed Shrew (S. dispar) · Smoky Shrew (S. fumeus) · Gaspé Shrew (S. gaspensis) · American Pygmy Shrew (S. hoyi) · Large-toothed Shrew (S. macrodon) · Carmen Mountain Shrew (S. milleri) · Dwarf Shrew (S. nanus) · Mexican Long-tailed Shrew (S. oreopolus) · Orizaba Long-tailed Shrew (S. orizabae) · Ornate Shrew (S. ornatus) · Inyo Shrew (S. tenellus) · Verapaz Shrew (S. veraepacis)
S. vagrans complex: Glacier Bay Water Shrew (S. alaskanus) · Baird's Shrew (S. bairdii) · Marsh Shrew (S. bendirii) · Montane Shrew (S. monticolus) · New Mexico Shrew (S. neomexicanus) · Pacific Shrew (S. pacificus) · American Water Shrew (S. palustris) · Fog Shrew (S. sonomae) · Vagrant Shrew (S. vagrans)
S. cinereus group: Kamchatka Shrew (S. camtschatica) · Cinereus Shrew (S. cinereus) · Prairie Shrew (S. haydeni) · Saint Lawrence Island Shrew (S. jacksoni) · Paramushir Shrew (S. leucogaster) · Southeastern Shrew (S. longirostris) · Mount Lyell Shrew (S. lyelli) · Portenko's Shrew (S. portenkoi) · Preble's Shrew (S. preblei) · Pribilof Island Shrew (S. pribilofensis) · Olympic Shrew (S. rohweri) · Barren Ground Shrew (S. ugyunak)

Subgenus
Sorex

incertae sedis

Arizona Shrew (S. arizonae) · Zacatecas Shrew (S. emarginatus) · Merriam's Shrew (S. merriami) · Kashmir Pygmy Shrew (S. planiceps) · Saussure's Shrew (S. saussurei) · Sclater's Shrew (S. sclateri) · San Cristobal Shrew (S. stizodon) · Tibetan Shrew (S. thibetanus) · Trowbridge's Shrew (S. trowbridgii) · Chestnut-bellied Shrew (S. ventralis) · Veracruz Shrew (S. veraecrucis)

Family Soricidae, subfamily Myosoricinae

Congosorex
(Congo shrews)
Surdisorex
(African
mole shrews)

Aberdare Mole Shrew (S. norae) · Mount Kenya Mole Shrew (S. polulus)

Family Talpidae

Scalopinae
(New World moles
and relatives)

Condylura

Star-nosed Mole (C. cristata)

Parascalops

Hairy-tailed Mole (P. breweri)

Scalopus

Eastern Mole (S. aquaticus)

Scapanulus

Gansu Mole (S. oweni)

Scapanus
(Western North
American moles)

Broad-footed Mole (S. latimanus) · Coast Mole (S. orarius) · Townsend's Mole (S. townsendii)

Talpinae
(Old World moles
and relatives)

Euroscaptor

Greater Chinese Mole (E. grandis) · Kloss's Mole (E. klossi) · Long-nosed Mole (E. longirostris) · Himalayan Mole (E. micrura) · Japanese Mountain Mole (E. mizura) · Small-toothed Mole (E. parvidens)

Mogera

Echigo Mole (M. etigo) · Insular Mole (M. insularis) · Kano Mole (M. kanoana) · Kobe Mole (M. kobeae) · Small Japanese Mole (M. imaizumii) · Large Mole (M. robusta) · Sado Mole (M. tokudae) · Japanese Mole (M. wogura) · Senkaku Mole (M. uchidai)

Parascaptor

White-tailed Mole (P. leucura)

Scaptochirus

Short-faced Mole (S. moschatus)

Talpa

Altai Mole (T. altaica) · Blind Mole (T. caeca) · Caucasian Mole (T. caucasica) · European Mole (T. europaea) · Père David's Mole (T. davidiana) · Levant Mole (T. levantis) · Spanish Mole (T. occidentalis) · Roman Mole (T. romana) · Balkan Mole (T. stankovici)

Scaptonyx

Long-tailed Mole (S. fusicaudus)

Desmana

Russian Desman (D. moschata)

Galemys

Pyrenean Desman (G. pyrenaicus)

Dymecodon

True's Shrew Mole (D. pilirostris)

Urotrichus

Japanese Shrew Mole (U. talpoides)

Neurotrichus

American Shrew Mole (N. gibbsii)

Uropsilinae
(Chinese
shrew-like moles)

Uropsilus

Anderson's Shrew Mole (U. andersoni) · Gracile Shrew Mole (U. gracilis) · Inquisitive Shrew Mole (U. investigator) · Chinese Shrew Mole (U. soricipes)

Family Solenodontidae

Solenodon
Cuban Solenodon (S. cubanus) · Hispaniolan Solenodon (S. paradoxus)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Myosoricinae
Genus:	Myosorex
Species
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