Myosorex

Myosorex varius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Erinaceota

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla Subordo: Erinaceota

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Myosoricinae
Genus: Myosorex
Species (19): M. babaulti – M. blarina – M. bururiensis – M. cafer – M. eisentrauti – M. geata – M. gnoskei – M. jejei – M. kabogoensis – M. kihaulei – M. longicaudatus – M. meesteri – M. okuensis – M. rumpii – M. schalleri – M. sclateri – M. tenuis – M. varius – M. zinki

Name

Myosorex Gray, 1838: 124

• Type species: Sorex varius Smuts, 1832, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1838. Mr. Gray communicated to the Meeting the following arrangement of the Sorices, accompanying his observations upon this group by the exhibition of the shrews in the Society's collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1837: 123–126. BHL

Additional references

• Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Hutterer, R., Kaliba, P. & Mazibuko, L. 2008. First record of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Malawi with description as a new species, Myosorex gnoskei. Journal of East African Natural History 97(1): 19–32. DOI: 10.2982/0012-8317(2008)97[19:FROMMS]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Hutterer, R., Mwanga, J., Ndara, B., Davenport, L., Karhagomba, I.B. & Udelhoven, J. 2010. African shrews endemic to the Albertine Rift: Two new species of Myosorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of East African Natural History 99(2): 103–128. DOI: 10.2982/028.099.0201 Reference page. 
• Taylor, P.J., Kearney, T.C., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Baxter, R.M. & Willows‐Munro, S. 2013. Cryptic diversity in forest shrews of the genus Myosorex from southern Africa, with the description of a new species and comments on Myosorex tenuis. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 169(4): 881–902. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12083 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Forest Shrews