Episoriculus
Genus of mammals
Episoriculus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Tribe: | Nectogalini |
Genus: |
Episoriculus
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1966 [1] |
Type species | |
Sorex caudatus
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Species | |
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Episoriculus is a genus of shrew in the red-toothed shrew subfamily. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Its common is brown-toothed shrew . [7] It has been described as a subgenus to Soriculus in the past. [8] [9] [10] The genus occurs at a number of locations in Asia, including Nepal and China . [11]
Species
Currently, the four identified species of the genus Episoriculus include: [12] [13]
-
Hodgson's brown-toothed shrew
(
E. caudatus
)
- E. c. sacratus
- E. c. umbrinus
- Taiwanese brown-toothed shrew ( E. fumidus )
-
Long-tailed brown-toothed shrew
(
E. leucops
)
- E. l. leucops
- E. l. baileyi
- Long-tailed mountain shrew ( E. macrurus )
References
- ↑ Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail . Ubio.org. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal . Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Namebank Record Detail . Ubio.org (2003-04-14). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "ION: Index to Organism Names" .
- ↑ Namebank Record Detail . Ubio.org (2005-10-11). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "ION: Index to Organism Names" .
- ↑ ADW: Episoriculus: Pictures . Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Mammal Species of the World - Browse: Episoriculus . Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ ITIS Standard Report Page: Episoriculus . Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Namebank Record Detail . Ubio.org (2007-05-23). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal . Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Episoriculus - Encyclopedia of Life . EOL. Retrieved on 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "Catalogue of Life - 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree" . catalogueoflife.org . Retrieved 17 June 2015 .
Further reading
- A guide to the mammals of China.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History), 19 1951: pp. 810. (Zoological Record Volume 88)
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