Marsupial shrew
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| Marsupial shrews | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | Dasyuridae |
| Subfamily: | Dasyurinae |
| Tribe: | Dasyurini |
| Genus: | Phascolosorex Matschie, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Phascogale dorsalis Gray, 1842 | |
| Species | |
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The three species in the genus Phascolosorex, also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the Dasyuromorphia order.
There are three species of these dasyurids:
- Phascolosorex brevicaudata
- Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew, Phascolosorex doriae (Indonesia)
- Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew, Phascolosorex dorsalis (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
References
- Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 26. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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