Marsupial shrew
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 order Dasyuromorphia.
The three species of these dasyurids are:
- 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: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
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