Red-toothed shrew

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Soricinae[1]
Fossil range: Early Oligocene to Recent
Baird's Shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Soricomorpha
Family: Soricidae
Subfamily: Soricinae
Genera

See species list

The Red-toothed shrews or Soricinae are one of three living subfamilies: Crocidurinae (White-toothed shrews), Myosoricinae (African white-toothed shrews) and Soricinae (Red-toothed shrews). In addition, the family contains the extinct subfamilies Limnoecinae, Crocidosoricinae, Allosoricinae and Heterosoricinae. The outer layer of their teeth is reddish and is known to contain iron deposits. These species are typically found in North America, northern South America, Europe and northern Asia.

The list of species is:[1][2]

Southern Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus)
Southern Water Shrew (Neomys anomalus)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Hutterer, Rainer (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 267-300. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ New Species Of Desert Shrew Found In Southern Arizona. ScienceDaily. Retrieved on 2006-05-14.
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