Sylvisorex

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: Crocidurinae
Genus: Sylvisorex
Species (15): S. akaibei – S. camerunensis – S. corbeti – S. granti – S. howelli – S. isabellae – S. johnstoni – S. konganensis – S. lunaris – S. morio – S. ollula – S. oriundus – S. pluvialis – S. silvanorum – S. vulcanorum

Name

Sylvisorex Thomas, 1904: 12

• Type species; Crocidura morio Gray, 1862, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1904. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., read a paper on the Mammals obtained in the island of Fernando Po by Mr. E. Seimund. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 12. BHL

Additional references

• Quérouil, S., Hutterer, R., Barrière, P., Colyn, M., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. & Verheyen, E. 2001. Phylogeny and Evolution of African Shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) Inferred from 16s rRNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(2): 185–195. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0974 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. 
• Hutterer, R. & Montermann, C. 2009. A large new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from Nigeria and the first record of Sylvisorex ollula from the country. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(3): 201–208. BHL Reference page. 
• Hutterer, R., Riegert, J. & Sedlácek, O. 2009. A tiny new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from the Bamenda Highlands, NW Cameroon. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56: 151–158. BHL; PDF; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Mukinzi, I., Hutterer, R. & Barrière, P. 2009. A new species of Sylvisorex (Mammalia: Soricidae) from lowland forests north of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. Mammalia 73(2): 130–134. DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.031 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Forest Shrews
magyar: Dzsungelcickányok
日本語: モリトガリネズミ属