Myosorex
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| Myosorex (mouse shrews) | |
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| Drawing of the forest shrew Myosorex varius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Soricomorpha |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Myosoricinae |
| Genus: | Myosorex Gray, 1838[1] |
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Myosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae (shrew) family. The genus, collectively referred to as the mouse shrews, contains the following species:
- Babault's mouse shrew, Myosorex babaulti
- Montane mouse shrew, Myosorex blarina
- Dark-footed mouse shrew, Myosorex cafer
- Eisentraut's mouse shrew, Myosorex eisentrauti
- Geata mouse shrew, Myosorex geata
- Nyika mouse shrew or Nyika burrowing shrew, Myosorex gnoskei[2]
- Kihaule's mouse shrew, Myosorex kihaulei
- Long-tailed forest shrew, Myosorex longicaudatus
- Oku mouse shrew, Myosorex okuensis
- Rumpi mouse shrew, Myosorex rumpii
- Schaller's mouse shrew, Myosorex schalleri
- Sclater's mouse shrew, Myosorex sclateri
- Thin mouse shrew, Myosorex tenuis
- Forest shrew, Myosorex varius
- Kilimanjaro mouse shrew, Myosorex zinki
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