Congosorex

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Myosoricinae
Genus: Congosorex
Species (3): C. phillipsorum – C. polli – C. verheyeni

Name

Congosorex Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956: 167

• Type species: Myosorex polli Heim de Balsac & Lamotte, 1956, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Heim de Balsac, H. & Lamotte, M. 1956. Évolution et phylogénie des soricidés africains. Mammalia 20(2): 140–167. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1956.20.2.140 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hutterer, R. 1993. Order Insectivora. Pp. 69–130 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page. 
• Hutterer, R., Barrière, P. & Colyn, M. 2001. A new myosoricine shrew from the Congo Basin referable to the forgotten genus Congosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 71(Suppl.): 7–16. PDF Reference page. 
• Stanley, W.T., Rogers, M.A. & Hutterer, R. 2005. A new species of Congosorex from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania, with significant biogeographical implications. Journal of Zoology 265(3): 269–280. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904006314 Reference page. 
• Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Soricomorpha. Pp. 220–311 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Congo Shrews
polski: kongoryjek